RIP Mark Conyers (1925-2021):
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MARK CONYERS
Mark Anthony Conyers, former managing director of Trinidad Publishing Company (TPC), the forerunner to Guardian Media Limited, died on May 4 at age 95.
His long and illustrious career at the company spanned 47 years, starting in 1943 when he joined the Trinidad Publishing Company as a trainee in the Advertising Department.
Born October 7, 1925, in British Guiana, Conyers came to T&T as a teenager and attended St Benedict s College in San Fernando. His first job was as a junior clerk at JNR Goddard in Barbados but after joining TPC he quickly rose through the ranks and within five years he was appointed Advertising Manager. In 1959 he was appointed to the Board of Directors.