About Us

Adrian Skerrett holds a degree in Economics from Liverpool University, UK and is a Chartered Management Accountant. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Corvina in 2021. He was born in UK, has been resident in Seychelles since 1980 and naturalised since 1994. He is also Chairman of Silhouette Cruises Ltd, Victoria Properties & Investment Co Ltd, Wheelhouse Investments Ltd, Presafe Services Ltd and Mahe Investments Ltd. He is an author of a number of books about Seychelles and its natural history and is a trustee of several environmental NGOs including Chairman of Island Conservation Society.

Gerry Adam began his career in 1974 as an Engineering Cadet Officer with Unicorn Lines and was trained both on shore and at sea and worked his way through the various ranks and obtained his Marine Engineer Class 1 Certificate of Competency in 1983. He served as Chief Engineer on several of the company’s vessels from 1983 to 1987. He joined Mahe Shipping Company in 1988 as Shipping Manager and was appointed as Managing Director in 1994 and Chairman in 2018. He is a director of Corvina Investment Co Ltd also serves as director on several other boards including Land Marine Limited, Seafront Development Ltd and Societe Seychelloise de Navigation Ltd.

Glenny Savy graduated in Economics at the University of Merdoch (Australia). He is Chief Executive Officer of the Islands Development Company (IDC) and has pioneered tourism development in several IDC islands including Alphonse, Desroches and Silhouette. He serves on the Boards of a number of other Corvina group companies including as Chairman of Land Marine Ltd and Seafront Development Ltd and as a director of Victoria Properties and Investment Ltd and Societe Seychelloise de Navigation Ltd.

Rod Thorrington graduated from the University of South Africa with a degree in Finance. He emigrated to Seychelles in 2004, becoming naturalized in 2011. Rod has successfully built a number of Seychelles startups across sectors such as retail, entertainment and distribution whilst also having consulted for many years to private investment groups in Seychelles. Rod is an independent director of Seychelles Breweries and ABSA Bank Seychelles. Rod served as the first Honorary Consul for South Africa to Seychelles between 2015 and 2022. Rod joined Corvina Investment Co in 2022 and is currently the CEO

Selwyn Gendron graduated from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, UK, with a Ph. D in Theoretical Physics. He returned to the Seychelles in 1981 and started his career in public service at the Ministry of Education, leaving government in 1994 as Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Industry. He has served as a director and as chairman of various boards of several state-owned enterprises, including holding the post of Executive Chairman of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC). In 1996 he left public service and joined the Gondwana Group of companies as Executive Chairman. Until recently he was Chairman of the Board of the Seychelles Petroleum Corporation (SEYPEC). Selwyn was also one of the founding members of the private ‘Independent School’, for which he served as Chairman of the Board of Governors and as a director for over 10 years.