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R
ENOWN BUSINESSWOMAN,
chief lady of
The Innovators
series,
Yaneek Page is more than what meets
the eyes. Fresh out of sixth form she started
her own skin care and beauty products store
at the age of 17, with the support of her
mother. Born into a family of entrepreneurs,
Page expressed that it was just a natural fit
for her. This business savvy woman, wanted
to go where no woman had gone before. She
revealed that initially it was a struggle as
being a young woman, people would ask
whose business it really was and call her ‘a
little girl’. She was even asked, “who the hell
I thought I was”.
Page went on to start her lucrative company,
Future Services International Limited, which
provides legal funding, expanding its borders
into entrepreneurship training, business
coaching and TV production. Completing a
course in restorative justice at Sir Arthur
Lewis Institute of Social and Economic
Studies at UWI Mona with Donna Parch-
ment-Brown, Page was inspired. “It was then
I understood that people who have suffered
terrible injustice usually never move past it
unless and until they feel justice has been
served.”
When she suffered serious head injuries
after a car accident, Page gained first hand
experience with injustice. “Looking back, I
think the Lord made me go through that
horrific experience to be able to testify about
what it means to be injured because of some-
one’s carelessness but not compensated
because of ignorance and others’ greed.”
Outside of the business community, she is
Kevin’s wife of 14 years and a mother of two
young boys. A lover of dancing, music and
going to the beach, who she also enjoys trav-
elling, hiking, a good old fashioned barbecue
and stealing away to make that weekend trip
to Rebel Salute.
A hidden truth about Page is that she is an
excellent cook. She attended three high
schools, Immaculate Conception; St Andrew
School for Girls; and Priory High. And no,
she has never been expelled.
“We should all have more than we show
and say far less than we know,” is her motto.
Family oriented and keen on business,
Page has mastered the art of balancing
both by honouring her
commitments and obligations to her family
as priority number one; through proper time
management; delegation; proper support sys-
tems and sacrifice. She said that business
growth will always be secondary to her fami-
ly life. “I have an amazing hus-
band who supports me, cheers
me on, and gives me so
much strength.”
She exceeded the
expectations of her lec-
turers who told her that
she was destined for
greatness, with the
social impact her com-
pany has had in the
spheres of justice,
entrepreneurship and
women’s economic
empowerment.
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D
istinguished
THE
Business
Yaneek Page
Creating her own destiny
“Looking back, I think the Lord made me go
through that horrific experience to be able to
testify about what it means to be injured
because of someone’s carelessness but
not compensated because of
ignorance and others’ greed.”