Komal Samaroo is the Executive Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited, one of the leading rum producers of the Caribbean and the home of El Dorado Rum. He has been instrumental to the company’s development over the last 47 years having held several key positions including Managing Director and Vice President, International Marketing. 

He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers’ Association (WIRSPA), National Rums of Jamaica and Diamond Fire and General Insurance, and also as a Director on the Boards of Demerara Bank Limited and Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED).

His numerous awards include the Golden Arrow of Achievement awarded by the President of Guyana in 1993, for service of an exceptionally high standard in the field of Financial Management and Business.