Andrew McBean is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, APC Assessor and Managing Director of Coral Perch Development Ltd., a Kingston-based Development and Consulting firm. He holds a BSc in Quantity Surveying, an MBA in Construction and Real Estate Development from the University of Reading and brings 30 years’ experience in the Cayman Islands construction industry, principally at Arch & Godfrey Ltd., one of the territory’s oldest and most prestigious contractors. He has delivered several landmark projects including large Commercial, Residential and Hospitality developments, and has led international joint-venture teams presenting proposals on alternate fuels and waste-to-energy solutions for the Cayman Islands Government.
As Immediate Past Chairman of Cayman’s National Housing Development Trust, Andrew led the modernisation and expansion of the Trust, strengthening its operational capacity, tabled alternative program pathways to affordable home ownership and contributed through the Trust, to the national consultations which led to the creation of the country’s first National Housing Policy. He has served as a Director of RICS Cayman Chapter Board, the Cayman Islands Development Bank, the Cayman Contractors Association and is the President Elect of Cayman Association of Architects, Surveyors and Engineers.
An avid outdoorsman, Andrew loves car racing, has represented the Cayman Islands internationally in sport shooting and is Vice President of the Cayman Islands Sports Shooting Association.