In the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 the governor of the Cayman Islands, Bruce Dinwiddy, was having a meal with his wife and mother-in-law when a phone call came through suggesting that there might be a tsunami on its way. Calmly asking that everyone collect their coats and passports and make their way to the highest point of the island, he was stopped by his mother-in-law. “But Bruce,” she said, “we are in the middle of dinner.”
The Atlantic hurricane has become known as one of the worst to hit the Caribbean region, causing catastrophic damage in Granada and Jamaica before hitting the Cayman Islands. For Bruce, as governor, it meant leading the area to recovery over the coming months and years through financial
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