Derek Lee, B.R.I.
Abaco District Managing Broker
H.G. Christie Ltd.
Derek Lee, Abaco District Managing Broker,
has long roots in North America, and an
undying
passion
for Abaco.
With
thirty-five years of rich business experience, selfless community
work, and an obvious great love of life in general, Derek is a well-respected
and valuable member of the HGChristie team.
A
direct descendant of 1620 Mayflower arrival Stephen Hopkins, Derek
was born in Boston MA, receiving his education in Greenwich,
Connecticut and Dartmouth
College, New Hampshire. Derek's boyhood memories
start with the family home acquired on Man-O-War Cay, Abaco in 1946,
and long summers during high school and college spent working in William
H. Albury’s
Boatyard.
Derek's early business career
was as vice-president of sales, marketing and operations
for Lee/Jofa Inc, a fine decorative textile firm and fourth
generation family business.
In 1986, after many years of living in
two worlds, Derek moved his family to Abaco
permanently, where he was employed
by several local companies in sales
and
management
positions.
Then soon after joining the HG
Christie team in 1996, Derek began to run up a notable
string of firsts.
A member
of one of the first licensing courses for realtors in
the Bahamas, he was
instrumental in establishing the Abaco Chapter of the
Bahamas Real Estate
Association in 2002. Derek was elected as the Chapter's
first Chairman, then went on to serve on the national BREA
Board
of Directors. He still holds the Abaco Chapter Chair.
Derek is the first broker in Abaco
to offer full service brokerage, as witnessed by presentations
at mid-night and at five o’clock in the
morning!
Very much involved with
community service, Derek gave twenty-five years
of
service with the American Red Cross. For thirteen years,
he was a volunteer Special Officer and Emergency Medical
Technician with the Greenwich Police Department
in
Connecticut.
He has since served in several volunteer positions, notably
as Special Assistant to the Senior
Abaco Island Administrator, Chief District Councillors
and Town Committee Chairmen in Abaco.
Derek and wife Margot, also an HGChristie
estate agent in Abaco, will soon be celebrating
35 years of marriage.
The Lees reside in Man-O-War Cay on the same property that
Derek came to as a young boy. Together they enjoy spending
holidays at their 18th
century
farmhouse
in
rural tidewater Virginia. They have three
children;
Caren,
with Geico Insurance, Davis, a nuclear physicist, and
Tim, with Merrill Lynch.
Derek’s
personal interests include sailing, exploring the Sea
of Abaco, computer graphics and
cartography, woodworking, and skeet and target shooting.
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