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19th-21st July, 2017HILTON ROSE HALL RESORT AND SPA

MONTEGO BAY,JAMAICA

Ministry of Industry, Commerce,Agriculture & Fisheries

(Jamaica)

Small Business Associationof Jamaica

“Collaboration for Caribbean Sustainability”

July 19 - 21July 19 - 21

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries ............................................................... 3

President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ)........................................................ 5

Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee ................................................................................. 5

SBAJ Profile .............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Resort Information ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Sponsor Profiles ...................................................................................................................................................11

Exhibition Plan .....................................................................................................................................................15

Exhibitor Profiles ................................................................................................................................................17

Special Guest Presenters ..................................................................................................................................21

Presenters ...............................................................................................................................................................25

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HILTON ROSE HALL RESORT & SPA - CONFERENCE LOCATION

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries...............................................................

President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ)........................................................

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2 Car ibbean MSME Conference 2017

Welcomes youto our

Inaugural Confererence

SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONOF JAMAICA


I feel confident in my assumption that the stakeholders and participants in the inaugural Caribbean MSME Conference stand united in our conviction that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent the sector that will be the game changer in the future prospects for economic growth, job creation and wealth generation in our region.

The fact of the matter is that the global statistics speak loud and clear: As you are no doubt aware, it is universally acknowledged that it is MSMEs which are the major engines of growth in most economies.

Data from high-income OECD States indicate that SMEs account for over 95% of firms and 60-70% of employment and generate a large share of new jobs.

It is also reported that since the post-recession period beginning in the mid-2000s MSMEs have accounted for some 60% of the new jobs created in the United States.

The significance of the sector is no less different here in the Caribbean, where reportedly the sector accounts for some 70% of private sector employment.

Here in Jamaica, it is estimated that 96.7 % of all classified business taxpayers are MSMEs and, with over 400,000 persons being classified as own account holders or self-employed, entrepreneurship is a viable alternative for socio-economic development. The entrepreneurial and creative activities of MSMEs have created businesses across all economic sectors – whether farmers, fishers, agro-processors, manufacturers, tradespeople, craftspeople or service providers.

It is against this background that it gives me tremendous pleasure and a great honour to welcome all delegates who have journeyed from across the Caribbean and beyond to Montego Bay, Jamaica, driven by a shared and common purpose to elevate and enhance the MSME sector.

I am confident that, buoyed by all the possibilities that the sector holds, our meeting of minds will result in the desired outcomes required to establish a movement and business association that will foster the sustainability and growth of the sector.

As we craft strategies for cooperation and seek to find solutions, we eagerly anticipate the decisions that will emanate from our deliberations.

I wish you a hearty welcome to Jamaica and urge you to make this a fruitful and productive conference!

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THE HON. KARL SAMUDA, CD, MPMINISTER OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES


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We would like to thank our partners MICAF, our regional partners Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises as well as Caribbean Women Producers Network, Caribbean Women Enterprises Network and Caribbean Center of Excellence for sustainable livelihood. We would also like to extend our gratitude to our sponsors, Jamaica National, Caribbean Development Bank, RJR Group, FLOW communications, Developmental Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Exim Bank, Spanish Court Hotel and Caribbean Airlines for partnering with us and supporting us with this venture.

Our objective for the Caribbean MSME Conference is “Collaboration for Caribbean Sustainability”.

We are working to give small enterprises in the region the opportunity to get to know each other

To allow them to showcase their goods and services to each other

To come away from the conference with a policy position or tangible workable solution to the many challenges we face in doing better business amongst ourselves.

We think it is high time for small business players within the region to get to know each other, to come together with regional government to forge a path for themselves to get businesses growing amongst themselves.

So with this in mind, I call upon all stakeholders to be a significant part of this process in helping small business from around the region to do better business. Study will show that MSME sector employs over 80% of the labour force in the region and also that this sector is the engine of growth in any economy. We need to facilitate in equipping ourselves with the necessary fuel and lubricant to function proficiently thus enabling us to grow. I also call on various governments around the region to not only talk of the importance of this sector to their growth path but to live up to the high expectations to facilitate this sector in a meaningful way.

Inclosing, I wish that at the end of this conference each small enterprise that has been a participant will derive the necessary information to help them to propel their business to enable them to achieve their stated objective to grow their business.

I thank you all.

WELCOME! WELCOME! WELCOME. The Small Business Association of Jamaica and the MSME Planning Committee wish to welcome all to this the Inaugural MSME Caribbean Conference. The Committee see this Conference as an important step towards “Collaboration for Caribbean Sustainability” in business development. This Conference was conceived by small business owners to facilitate the growth of the sector for the benefit of all stakeholders who represents it. To this end, we envisioned a conference that will begin the process of collaboration among the MSME’s to create a forum to lobby for necessary policy changes, increase the business to business interaction, increase regional trade and encourage more public private partnerships.The Caribbean community that we all belong to, though our nations are divided by water, share in an historical experience common to the region. We see this as an opportunity to build on that shared history for our mutual benefit, one that will grow our economies in a sustainable way. It our hope that all attendees of this conference will come away with information and business opportunities that will help them to become more informed stakeholders.

The planning and implementation of this conference would not have been possible without the commitment of volunteers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this conference a reality. Our belief and support with much personal sacrifice has given all MSMEs in the region a much needed forum. It is the hope of the planning team that this conference will become the premier MSME event for the Caribbean that will garner the support necessary for it to continue as an annual event. On the behalf of the committee, we wish to note also, the commitment of our sponsors and partners in supporting this event as they have demonstrated their resolve to this shared vision for growth. We also wish to thank the MSME Department in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries for their early support and work for this ensured the buy in from CARICOM and local stakeholders. Finally, on behalf of the Planning Committee we see our work as a demonstration of what is possible for the MSME Caribbean community to achieve with more cooperation. As humble as this beginning is we strongly believe this conference will lead to the embodiment of the entrepreneurial spirit in the Caribbean.

HUgH JOHNSON PRESIDENT, SBAJ

CLAyTON WiLLiAMS CHAIRMAN, CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

We think it is high time for small business players within the region to get to know each other, to come together with regional

The planning and implementation of this conference would not have been possible without the commitment of volunteers


Introduction:There is an estimated 67,000 small businesses operating within Jamaica; the Sector currently

accounts for nearly eighty percent (80%) of all employment in Jamaica. In 2014, sole traders, who comprise the majority of micro and small enterprises, accounted for more than thirty six percent of the employed labour force.

The Small Business Association is actively seeking to create opportunities in assisting this sector to survive, be relevant and to contribute to the development of Jamaica.

Background:The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) was registered in 1974, and currently serves

a membership of approximately 400 individuals/business operations and Associates. The economic growth and progress of any nation resides in the effective support given to smalll business operators not just by govenment but by larger private sector operators.

The vision of the SBAJ is to enable its membership to become the vehicles of growth as is expected from the sector.

Mission:The mission of the SBAJ is to support the economy of Jamaica through the development of the

Small Business Sector by:-• The promotion of entrepreneurship and mentoring of members;• The facilitation of technical advice, training, consultancy, trade services and employing

modern technology;• Lobbying banks and government to set aside a pool of funds for capital support to the sector;

And, Fostering successful corporate citizenship and good governance.

Vision:The vision of the SBAJ is to become an organization of national, regional and international

impact with economic, social and political advocacy while being the voice of the small business sector in Jamaica.Services offered by the SBAJ are:

• Business counseling• Office services• Training courses• Conventions, Expositions and symposiums• Business registration• Business matching

• Financial services Referrals Lending Agencies most suitable to assist in financial services

• Incubator Support• Flea Market

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Board of dIrectors:

4 Dr. Dianna Davis-Smith, Assist. Secretary

9 Henry Morant, Treasurer

8 Fred Manderson, Assist. Treasurer

7 Oswald Smith, Director

10 Dr. Ron Lawrence Foreman, Director

3 Garnett Reid, JP, Director

1 Melbourne George Smart, Director

11 Steven Golden, Director

5 Hugh Johnson, JP, President

2 Bridgette Steele, Imm. Past President

12 Michael Leckie, 1st Vice President

6 Robert Rainford, JP, 2nd Vice President

13 Andrew Evans, PE, Secretary

4 Dr. Dianna Davis-Smith, Assist. Secretary 3 Garnett Reid,

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sBaJ Members of staff:

CLAyTON WILLIAmSChairman

DAVE mORRIS, JPAccountant

gARNETT REID, JPPublic Relations

mEKEINA mCLENNONMICAF

yOLANDA gIBSONMICAF

CLIFFORD SPENCERMICAF

HUgH JOHNSON, JPPresident

gEORgETTE ANDERSONAdministrative Officer

ROBERT RAINFORD, JPSpecial Projects

BRIDgETTE STEELEDirector

SHEmOyA mARTINAdministrative Officer

FRED mANDERSONDirector

gEORgE SmARTDirector

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KEERA WALSTERSJBDC

mICHAEL LECKIE


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RESTAURANTS:The hotel guest only will have access to the Fresh Restaurant, however, all bars are available to conference day pass attendees.

CONFERENCE LUNCH RESTAURANTS:Conference lunch will be served daily on the Ocean Terrace.

TRANSPORTATION:Shuttle service is available, from and to the Airport.

mEDICAL CARE:Available 24 hours at the Hotel’s Nurse’s Station, with a doctor on call.

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On February 1, 2017, The Jamaica National Group, a powerful, Jamaican mutually-owned global business, became a reality and the country’s third largest commercial bank, JN Bank, was launched.

Following the re-submission of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) application for a commercial banking license in November 2013 to the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), the application was approved by the BOJ in February 2015. The country’s third largest financial institution at the time, the Society commenced the process to convert the building society into a commercial bank and to restructure the JN Group.

The JN Group has been restructured to ensure compliance with the new Banking Services Act. The reorganisation of the JN Group involved the establishment of a Financial Holding Company, which will own the new JN Bank and all other companies in the JN Group which offer financial services.

These companies are:

• JN Fund Managers Ltd. (JNFM)

• JN Life Insurance Ltd. (JN Life)

• JN Money Services Ltd. (JNMS)

• JN Small Business Loans Ltd. (JNSBL)

• JN Cayman Ltd.

A Non-Financial Holding Company (Non-FHC) has also been established to take ownership of on-financial entities in The Jamaica National Group.

These non-financial entities are:

• Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA)

• JN Properties Limited

• Management Control Systems (MCS)

Both the FHC and the non-FHC and the entities under their control will be under the direct control of The Jamaica National Group. All members’ rights under mutuality will be transferred to The Jamaica National Group and JN Bank account holders will automatically become a member of The Jamaica National Group.

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The new group headed by parent company Radio Jamaica Limited, with over 12,000 shareholders, remains one of the most widely held publicly traded companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, boasting shareholders ranging from ordinary Jamaicans to large government and private sector organizations. Indeed, we are as close as one can get to a public democracy.

Making a positive change through broadcasting hand now print and digital publication is not only our raison deter; it is a legacy which we do with delight and renewed commitment daily. Our social responsibility as the standard bearer in the industry bolsters our dedication to articulate and adhere to Truth, Accuracy, Integrity, and Fairness.

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We also operate Multi-Media Jamaica Limited which offers technology solutions.

The Gleaner Company (Media) Limited merged into the group immediately expanding its portfolio of media services, growing the number of markets in which the group operated and enhancing an already rich content base with great export potential. The group now has Jamaica’s richest archive of its history – dating back 180 years with print- that is before Emancipation,

C&W Business boasts the most advanced technology infrastructure in the region as well as decades of expertise. We were the first to connect the Caribbean people, governments and businesses with best in class telecoms networks across broadband, fixed and mobile services. Today we remain a telecoms tour de force, unmatched in every market we serve in the Caribbean as the sole full service ‘go to’ provider.

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Our codeshare with British Airways took off with a flight between Port of Spain, Trinidad and London Gatwick International Airport in March .

The codeshare allowed Caribbean Airlines customers easy connectivity to London, a city well loved by travellers. To meet increased travel demand for major regional events, like Cricket World Cup and the Tobago Jazz Festival in March and April we added a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and a hundred extra flights to our schedule. The enhanced schedule also included special charters to St. Kitts, Bermuda and Grenada, and is a clear example of Caribbean Airlines’ commitment to the Caribbean region and our customers’ needs.

Today, 10 years on, and with many milestones since our start in 2007, Caribbean Airlines operates more than 600 weekly flights to 18 destinations in the Caribbean and North and South America. Our fleet is comprised


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The Development Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ) is a wholly owned Government institution and its only shareholder is the Accountant-General.

The Bank is a result of the merger of two national development entities, the Agricultural Credit Bank Limited and the National Development Bank, on April 1, 2000. The National Investment Bank of Jamaica Limited was further amalgamated into the DBJ in 2006.

The DBJ falls under the purview of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. Its Board of Directors is comprised mainly of private sector leaders who are appointed by the Minister of Finance.

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CDB began operations in January 1970 and has become a leading catalyst for providing development financing, technical assistance and policy advice to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) for the reduction of poverty. CDB’s member countries are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, The People’s Republic of China, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

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THE HONOURAbLELESTER MiCHAEL HENRy, CD, MP.MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND MINING, JAMAICA

DR. THE HONOURAbLE RALPH EvERARD gONSALvESPRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC PLANNING, NATIONAL SECURITY, LEGAL AFFAIRS, GRENADINES AFFAIRS AND ENERGY

HON. EDMOND bARTLETT, CD, MP.MINISTER OF TOURISM, JAMAICA

Recognized for his wide-ranging expertise and accomplishments in the political arena, Honourable Edmund Bartlett has given over thirty-five years of service to Jamaica, working in both chambers of Jamaica’s Parliament – the Senate and House of Representatives.

Mr. Bartlett was first appointed Minister of Tourism in 2007, serving until December 2011. Prior to this appointment, he already had a solid track record of service as an outstanding legislator in central government in both Chambers of Parliament. He served as Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and Culture in the Office of the Prime Minister and Minister of Youth, Sports & Community Development from 1980 to 1989; later he served as Senator and Opposition Spokesman on various portfolios, including Tourism, from 1989 to 2007. While serving in the shadow Cabinet following his first stint as Tourism Minister, Mr. Bartlett traveled

the world forging alliances with strategic partners for global initiatives. He returned to the helm of the Ministry of Tourism following the February 2016 victory at the polls by the Jamaica Labour Party.

Minister Lester Michael (Mike) Henry, Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon since 1980, is the longest serving JLP MP without interruption in the current Parliament. Between 1980 - 1989 Minister Henry held several State Minister portfolios spanning Culture, Information, Youth and Community Development. From 2007 - 2011, he was the Minister of Transport & Works.

Outside of politics, he is the Chairman and President of Humble Lions Football Club in his Central Clarendon constituency. He is also the Chairman of LMH Publishing Ltd formerly McGraw Hill Far East Publishers and Kingston Publishers.

An avid reader and writer he was awarded The Silver Musgrave Medal for Literature.

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- Founder: Creative Production Training Centre (CPTC) the Caribbean’s Multi-Media Production and Training Facility

- First to seek political decision on Reparation…Moving a motion in Parliament

- Published the first Integrated Science Books for Schools in Jamaica

Dr. The Honourable Ralph Everard Gonsalves, Political Leader of the Unity Labour Party (U.L.P), was appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General to the Office of Leader of the Opposition with effect from October 1, 1999. Dr. Gonsalves succeeded the distinguished statesman, the Honourable Vincent Ian Beache, who voluntarily demitted that Office. On December 6, 1998, Dr. Gonsalves was elected Political Leader of the U.L.P in succession, to Mr. Beache. He is now into his second term as Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, his Unity Labour Party (ULP) having successfully contested the General Elections of 2001 and 2005.

Ralph Gonsalves attended the Colonarie Roman Catholic Primary School and then the Saint Vincent Boys’ Grammar School. Thereafter, he was educated at the following tertiary institutions:

University of the West Indies (U.W.I.) (Jamaica) from which he obtained the B. Sc. (Econ.) and M. Sc. (Govt.) degrees;

University of Manchester (England) from which he secured his Ph.D. degree in Government. During his doctoral studies at Manchester he spent one year at Makerere University in Uganda (East Africa) as a Research Associate conducting research work for his doctoral dissertation entitled “The Political Economy of Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Uganda, 1950 – 1971.”

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Mr. Oliver Joseph joined the Grenada Public Service in 1982.

He served in various positions including Director of Trade in 1999 and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2006 to 2009.

He was an adjunct Lecturer in Economics at the T.A Marryshow Community College and Tutor at the University of the West-Indies Open Campus (2003-2008).

On the 1st of November 2009 he was seconded to the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) as Integration Specialist.

Mr. Joseph holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Management, Diploma in Trade Policy and a Masters Degree in International Trade. He has also received specialized training in Trade

Negotiations. He brings a wealth of experience in the field of Public Policy.

Minister Joseph was elected a Member of Parliament on the 19th February, 2013. He holds the portfolios of Minister for Economic Development, Planning, Trade & labour.

HON. OLivER JOSEPH MINISTER, ECONOMIC DEvELOPMENT, PLANNING, TRADE & LABOUR, GRENADA

DR. JOSEPH COx, CARiCOM

THE HON. DONviLLE iNNiSS, M.P.MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND SMALL BUSINESS DEvELOPMENT, BARBADOS

An Applied Economics Consultant and Advocate for over twenty-five (25) years, Joseph Cox assumed duties as the Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on 1 September 2015. A Jamaican national, he holds both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies.

Prior to his most recent posting, he was the Managing Partner for the Centre for Growth and Development in Jamaica, doubled as the Executive Director, Growth Secretariat, at the Planning Institute of Jamaica and provided oversight for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) / Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Competitiveness Enhancement Programme. Mr. Cox’s contribution to Jamaica’s national development has manifested itself, in part, through the establishment of three (3) Financial Institutions and includes the preparation of the Taxation for Growth Strategy for Jamaica, Municipal Finance Reform Strategy and an intervention strategy entitled “Towards a Modern

Development Approvals Mechanism” which was to overhaul the construction permitting system in Jamaica. He was also engaged in advocacy of a myriad of social and economic policy issues. In October 2014, Mr. Cox conceptualised and led a demand side access to finance intervention entitled the “Financial Information and Real-time Matchmaking (FIRM) initiative, in which some J$1.9B (US$174.0m) in financing was obtained for the Jamaican business community.

President of Trafalgar Council, former Director of Economic Research and Business Development at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), and Group Director of Corporate Development at Island Life, Mr. Cox has also distinguished himself in the International Development Partner Community, having successfully completed diverse assignments for the IDB and World Bank. A prolific writer, he is the former Editor of the Financial Journal – a monthly financial magazine, and is also an active blogger and former talk show host. He received the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Jamaica in 2012.

The Honourable Donville O. Inniss was appointed Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development in March 2013. Prior to this appointment he served as Minister of Health from November 2008 until February 2013, and Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Business from January November 2008.

He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of St. James South since January 2008. Prior to entering elective politics, Mr. Inniss worked for 20 years in the public and private sector.

He has served as a Business Development Officer with the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation. He worked in the areas of Industrial Development, International Business and Export Promotion. He has served in South Korea and New York, USA (3 years).

Minister Inniss also served as CEO, Managing Director and Chairman of several international companies based in Barbados and for nine years operated his own management company catering to the international business sector. He has managed companies with operations in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Mr. Inniss earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration, (MBA) in General Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree, in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He has also completed training in investment promotion, taxation, law and finance.


People’s Cooperative Bank of Jamaica Limited, as well as the Financial Inclusion Project.

He has over thirty (35) years’ experience spanning retail and corporate lending; branch operations management; credit card operations; debt restructuring and recovery; deposit insurance and small business development and lending.

He is married with three (3) children and is a Justice of the Peace for the Parish of St. Andrew.

Dr. Ramdeen is also a part-time lecturer at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business in the Executive MBA program - Macro Economics and Caribbean Business Environment. Dr. Ramdeen has a PhD in International trade. He has completed two Masters Degrees: one in the area of International Trade Policy and the other in International Relations. His first degree is in Economics and he possesses a post graduate diploma in International Relations.

Dr. Ramdeen has completed a full program in Export Marketing and is fully certified as an Export Marketing Trainer. He has engaged training of various CEO’s of SMEs within T&T and the wider CARICOM region in Export Marketing and Business Strategy. He has also completed a certified course in Train the Trainers with GIZ and Caribbean Export Development Agency. Dr. Ramdeen possesses numerous certificates in International Trade, Trade Negotiations, Competition Policy and Law and Trade Remedies.

given presentation at many local, regional and international conferences and seminars for the securities markets and financial services industry.

Mrs. Street Forrest attended the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she read for the Bachelors Degree in Management Studies and later gained her Masters in Business Administration at the Barry University in Florida.

In 2016 Mrs. Street Forrest was conferred with the honour of the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) in recognition of her outstanding leadership in the growth of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

She is an avid reader, who is committed to the principles of volunteerism and community service. She is a Justice of the Peace and serves as a Director for the Good Samaritan Inn, a Christian outreach aimed at uplifting the poor and marginalized. She is married to Franklin and has two daughters, Francia and Keena.

Mrs. Marlene Street Forrest is the Managing Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and Director of both its subsidiaries. Her mandate is to continue the process of developing the JSE Group and particularly the Exchange, in an atmosphere of transparency and fairness while utilizing appropriate technology in providing the greatest possible efficiencies to the market.

Mrs. Street Forrest has a wealth of experience having worked in senior management positions at varying private and public sector organizations here in Jamaica and overseas. It is under her stewardship that the JSE became demutualized and the US Denominated Market and the Junior Market were launched. She also spearheaded the Registrar Division of the Jamaica Central Depository (JCSD) when she served as General Manager for this subsidiary of the JSE. Today, Mrs. Street-Forrest is a highly demanded speaker, having

Paul Chin is the General Manager, Microfinance Services Division of the Development Bank of Jamaica Limited, which is responsible for providing wholesale funding to Microfinance Institutions, to strengthen their capacity through technical assistance and increasing transparency and information on the sector through reporting and adherence to best practices. The Microfinance

Services Division also manages the DBJ’s relationship with the National

Dr. Mahindra Ramdeen is currently employed as the Chief Executive Officer at the Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA). He is also a Director at National Entrepreneurship Development Company Limited (NEDCO) and a member of the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC). He was a Director, on behalf of the TTMA, on the Board of the Metal Industries Company Limited. He previously

worked as the Trade Development Specialist with the TTMA; previous to that he worked at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in the capacity of a Fair Trading Investigator for approximately four years, where his specialty was in the area of Trade Remedies and Competition Policy and Law. He also worked as an Economist for a period of six years in the said Ministry as well as an Economist with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

worked as the Trade Development Specialist with the TTMA; previous

Services Division also manages the DBJ’s relationship with the National

DR. MAHiNDRA RAMDEEN CEO, Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA)

MARLENE STREET FORREST MANAgiNg DiRECTOR, Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

PAUL A. CHiN gENERAL MANAgER, Microfinance Services Division, Development Bank

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Hugh Johnson is a certified Automotive Engineer having begun his training at the College of Arts Science and Technology but later decided to complete the German Automotive School (JAGAS) certification instead. He spent many years as an Automotive Assessor before the entrepreneurial spirit was kindled.

He is currently the President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica, having been a Member of

the Board of Directors for over six years.

Prior to this, he held a number of Leadership roles including President of the Jamaica Broilers Growers Association, Board Member of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Jamaica Cocoa Farmers Association, Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Jamaica Business Development Corporation, Self-Start Fund and MIDA among many others.

HUgH JOHNSON PRESIDENT, Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ)

His first love is farming. He was a Broiler farmer for more than eighteen (18) years as well as a livestock and agriculturalist for even longer. His passion for sustainable agriculture was the catalyst for his sojourn into organic fertilizer manufacturing, birthing RESCUE Organic Fertilizer. He has managed Johnson and Sons Organic Fertilizer Company as Managing Director and later as Chief Executive Officer for more than twenty five (25) years. For his contribution to sustainable agriculture, he was bestowed the FAO Award for Food Security and Bio Diversity in 2008 and was an IICA Regional Hemispheric Farmer Nominee for 2009

He has worked closely with the Jamaica Organic Agricultural Movement (JOAM) to craft Jamaica’s Organic policy. Currently, he is a Regional exporter and works intimately as Board Member and advisor to a number of other Boards including the Jamaica Exporters Association and the Scientific Research Council. He is now the Region’s Representative for the International Cocoa Farmers Organization based in Amsterdam.

Mr. Johnson is a devoted father and avid supporter of cricket at the Community and National levels.

Jermaine Deans has responsibility for Investment Banking, Origination and Capital Markets.

He has over 14 years’ experience in Global Financial Markets, Monetary and Fiscal Policies, Research, Treasury Management. He also structured portfolio and balance sheet solutions for various entities via Debt, Equity, Acquisitions and IPOs.

JERMAiNE DEANS DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER, JN

Mr. Deans was instrumental in raising funds for multiple Debt and Equity transactions in optimal financing structures. Jermaine previously worked at Sagicor Investments, First Global Bank, First Global Financial Services and Bank of Jamaica. He is a past member of the Banker’s Sub-committee of the Jamaica Bankers Association; Lecture Portfolio Management and Financial Markets.

Jermaine holds a BSc. in Finance and a MBA – Finance with concentration in Investment Management from Villanova University.

He is a director for Peak Bottling Company Limited.

Jonathan Ortmans is founder and president of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN),an organization that provides a platform of programs and initiatives to help new firms start and scale within one global entrepreneurial ecosystem. GEN is headquartered in

Washington, DC, but operates in 170 countries where it works to foster healthier local ecosystems to help entrepreneurs unleash

their ideas and turn them into promising new ventures—creating jobs, unearthing innovations for society and strengthening economic stability around the world.

Ortmans launched GEN’s cornerstone initiative, Global Entrepreneurship Week, in 2008 with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Each November since then, millions of people are welcomed into the entrepreneurial culture through thousands of local GEW activities and competitions. Through building GEW, he assembled a broad multi-disciplinary coalition that is the backbone of GEN operations, including

their ideas and turn them into promising new ventures—creating jobs,

entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers and affiliated support organizations.

Ortmans also chairs the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) that gathers well over 5,000 leaders each April from the entrepreneurial ecosystems GEN serves to collaborate on effective approaches to advancing entrepreneurial growth. After launching it in 2009 at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, he has now chaired the GEC in Dubai, Shanghai, Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Milan, Medellin and Johannesburg. The GEC will celebrate its 10th year in April 2018 in Istanbul.

As an economist, Ortmans worked on Capitol Hill and served as CEO of a health care and trade policy think tank. His entrepreneurship experience includes two successful startups.

He has served as a longtime advisor to the Kauffman Foundation and currently serves on the Board of the Center for American Entrepreneurship in Washington, DC. Outside the United States, beyond chairing the Boards of dozens of GEN affiliates, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Moscow.

Ortmans speaks and writes about high-growth entrepreneurship regularly and has emerged as a global strategist for healthier ecosystems for entrepreneurs around the world.

JONATHAN ORTMANS PRESIDENT, Global Entrepreneurship Network


In 2015, Mrs. Gillian Hyde was appointed General Manager of JN Small Business Loans Ltd., Jamaica’s premier microfinance institution, a company which prides itself in providing access to credit for the MSME sector, thereby enhancing the sector’s growth and development.

Mrs. Hyde joined the Jamaica National family in 2003 and has served at the building society in several areas: Finance &

Accounting, as well as Corporate and Strategic Planning, where she spent a number of years and was integral in charting the path for the achievement of significant milestones throughout the Society. She later

giLLiAN HyDE GENERAL MANAGER, JN Small Business Loan Limited

assumed the role as Member Ombudsman and Executive in charge of Customer Service with responsibility for delivering a great customer experience through all channels.

Mrs. Hyde holds a Master of Science in Management Information Systems and Bachelor of Science in Management Studies & Psychology from The University of the West Indies. She has also participated in key development programmes, including a certificate course in Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance from the Harvard Business School.

She is an active member of the school community and has served as President of the Parent Teacher Association at Mona Preparatory School and currently serves as Manager for St. Andrew High School for girls Track and Field Team.

Dr. Marcia Brandon is a social and economic development entrepreneur, of Jamaican birth, who has lived and worked in Barbados and the Caribbean for over 20 years. Lauded as a pioneer, champion and guru in entrepreneurship development, she is the Founder/Entrepreneurial People Development Specialist at the award winning, UN endorsed, Barbadian based, Caribbean

Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods (CoESL). CoESL is the hub for the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Global Entrepreneurship Network Caribbean lead; Global Entrepreneurship Week host in St. Kitts & Nevis and a partner for the CTEP project. She is the former Executive Director of the Barbados Youth Business Trust (BYBT), where she served as an innovative leader, pioneering regional entrepreneurship development in general and youth entrepreneurship development specifically, with global impact, for fifteen (15) years. She has assisted 15 CARICOM countries, over 5 global and a number of OCTs with entrepreneurship development.

Marcia is very instrumental in building the entrepreneurship eco-system in Barbados and the Caribbean and was the only female on the very first committee established in the 1990’s to create the Barbados Small Business Development Act. She has worked strategically and creatively over the years to help to develop an integrated, holistic best practices Caribbean entrepreneurship development model which is now recognized and utilized nationally, regionally and globally.

With this model she has helped over 4000 young males and females and adults to start businesses through start-up capital, business mentoring, access to markets, research and development, leadership, non-traditional training including boot camps, simulations and regional connecting. She has sensitized an estimated 30,000 in school and out of school youth as well as adults to entrepreneurship as a career choice through resilience training, business mentoring and mindset change. Dr. Brandon is passionate about Caribbean integration and uses her abilities to connect entrepreneurs and people in general to each other, markets

Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods (CoESL). CoESL is

DR. MARCiA bRANDON FOUNDER/ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, Caribbean Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods (CoESL)

and other resources inside and outside of the region. She also works with social entrepreneurs and NGO professionals to help them to build capacity and reach sustainability.

She was a member of the team which developed the CVQ standards for entrepreneurship in Barbados, she introduced entrepreneurship to the CARICOM youth desk at the CARICOM Secretariat and facilitated the development of an entrepreneurship training manual and programme for regional youth. She was also a member of the curriculum development entrepreneurship panel for CAPE at the Caribbean Examinations Council. She is a member of the World Bank project “Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC)” and served as Chairperson June 2015-August 2016.

She co-designed, implemented and led as regional coordinator for the IDB Regional Youth Entrepreneurship project, fully designed and partially implemented the YEPEC USAID project and assisted in the design of the PROPEL project for women and youth.

She is a mentor for the Queens’ Young Leaders programme, WINC Caribbean, Cherie Blair Foundation and the Barbados Coalition of Service Industries Inc (BCSI) Export Incubation Support Unit (EISU).

Dr. Brandon is an Ambassador of the global programme, iChange Nations and the Golden Rule Movement. She is a global speaker on issues related to people development and sustainable development through entrepreneurship. She has presented papers and held discussions in countries including Kenya, South Africa, Dubai, Spain, Argentina, Hong Kong, China, UK, Latin America and throughout CARICOM. She sits on many Boards and has authored many articles and publications. She has received many awards and accolades for her work. Dr. Brandon’s mantras and guiding principles are “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Women Support Women, iValue Me and iValue You and “Faith equals Resilience”. She believes that there is enough in the world for everyone to live decent lives with dignity and that there is no need for anyone to be left behind.

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T’Shura Gibbs, an executive at the Jamaica Public Service Company, was last night elected the new president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

T’Shura Gibbs is the third female to lead Montego Bay chamber in its 85-year history.

In her present capacity as Director for Region West, T’Shura oversees 212,000 customers and 264

employees across six (6) parishes. Her experience in customer service and operations management spans over twenty (20) years, most of which she spent in the airline industry across several Caribbean Islands. Of note is the fact that T’Shura is the only Jamaican to ever hold the post of General Manager for Avianca Airlines as well as the first Jamaican and

Delroy Mclean is the Director of Networking, Security and Mobile Workforce Solutions, leading the existing team of product development, management and solution architects at C&W Business regionally.

Delroy joined Columbus Jamaica in 2014 as the Director of Sales Engineering. After the C&W and Columbus merger in 2015, Delroy led the C&W Business Regional Sales Engineering organization.

Since then, he has contributed significantly to the transformation of our Caribbean Sales and Sales Engineering organizations through the improvement of talent and skills around all new services and the implementation of new and efficient processes to drive our growth in the region.

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DELROy MCLEAN, Director of Networking, Security and Mobile Workforce Solutions C&W BUSINESS

T’SHURA gibbS, PRESIDENT of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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the first female to head US Airways’ Jamaica operation, where a fivefold increase in flight activity was realized under her leadership.

T’Shura takes great pride in developing the talent she manages. She gets vested in development and constantly seeks and facilitates opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. Through a powerful, and effective, combination of encouragement, guidance, personal engagement and leadership by example she has successfully led her teams to deliver performance that is regularly recognized within the company. Her leadership style has been described as tough, yet fair; caring, dependable and inspiring. Whether in the capacity of cheerleader, teacher or collaborator, she believes in providing support but holding her team members accountable.

Delroy possesses invaluable customer insight and market knowledge that is consistently used to improve the performance of C& W Business IT solutions, offer value, competitiveness, innovation and simplicity in implementation and support.

Delroy possesses a BSc. in Computer Science and an MBA from the University of the West Indies, along with over 21 years of experience in the design, delivery and support of integrated Government, SME and Enterprise solutions. His key areas of expertise are systems integration across multiple technologies, change management and ICT business transformation. With a focus building effective teams, he has held different leadership roles along the way, including the post of Vice President of Service Delivery and Support for Fujitsu Caribbean.

Prominent Broadcast Journalist and Attorney, Emily Shields is now formally a partner in the well-known law firm that’s headed by one of the country’s leading legal practitioners Queen’s Counsel, Lord Anthony Gifford.

=The practice which was formerly known as ‘Gifford, Thompson and Bright’ has now been re-branded, Gifford, Thompson and Shields.

employees across six (6) parishes. Her experience in customer service

The addition of Mrs. Shields as a partner became effective today October 23. The firm is located at 122-126 Tower Street, in Downtown Kingston. In a statement the firm said it was pleased at the new partnership.

Mrs. Shields has previously served with distinction for several years as the anchor of such NNN programmes as Nationwide At Five and Nationwide This Morning.


to RBTT Bank of Jamaica Limited and then RBC Royal Bank of Jamaica Limited.

Her education and training include numerous professional short courses and workshops in several fields of study including: Banking & Finance, Industrial Relations Management, Change Management, Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Negotiations, Leadership, Coaching and Performance Management, Sales Strategies, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speed Reading, Globalization & Caribbean Integration, International Law and Public Administration.

Her formal studies include:

Post Grad. Certificates in Accounts, Economics and Marketing - Herriot Watt University, Scotland

B.Sc. Management Studies (Hons.) and B.Sc. International Relations (Hons.) - UWI Mona

Professional Certification in Social Psychology (Merit) - UWI’s External Campus

Certified Professional Secretary and Stenographer

Hope is an avid reader; a trained First Aider certified by the Jamaica Red Cross; a trained Emergency Warden and a quiet Philanthropist.

HOPE E. HAMiLTON MANAGER, JN Business Relationship & Credit Solutions

Hope Hamilton is currently the Business Relationship and Credit Solutions Manager at JN Bank Limited. She is a career banker and a multi-skilled professional, with over 25 years experience in both personal lending and business banking.

She has worked in several areas of banking including: Human Resources & Training, Branch Operations Management, Retail Banking Branch Manager, Trade Financing & Commercial Lending,

Risk Management, Business Banking and Collections Management.

Prior to her appointment at JN, she served in the capacity of Senior Credit Analyst & Senior Lender (Loan Origination), in the Trade Financing Division at the National Export Import Bank of Jamaica Limited (EXIM Bank). Her primary role and core function at EXIM, was to continuously assess the business landscape in Jamaica to identify new business segments and new business opportunities, and to onboard and provide financing to SMEs.

Hope’s love affair with banking began with Citizens Bank Limited which she joined as a Stenographer. She progressed through the company despite several mergers and acquisitions, as the bank changed ownership from Citizens Bank Limited to Union Bank of Jamaica Limited,

Dr. Henley Morgan became a household name in Jamaica when some years ago in a very courageous move he relocated his substantial business consultancy practice from its office in the New Kingston Business District to the iconic but dreaded inner-city community of Trench Town. Former Public Defender Earl Witter in his report into the Tivoli operation, recommended Dr. Morgan’s model of community

transformation as the template for ending donmanship and political garrisons in Jamaica.

Dr. Morgan spent a long period of his life in the United States before returning to Jamaica. During that period he obtained his major academic credentials from institutions in Texas. He possesses a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Biology and Chemistry, a Masters Degree in Business and Industrial Administration and a Doctorate in Education Administration.

Dr. Morgan is founder and CEO of three limited liability companies: Caribbean Applied Technology Centre (CATC), Global Management Services (GMS) and Employment Testing Services (ETS). Through these companies he has for more than 20 years offered management consultancy services locally and internationally; rising to the honorable position of Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants of Jamaica.

With the shift in focus to inner-city community transformation, Dr. Morgan founded Agency for Inner-city Renewal (AIR). AIR is pioneering

transformation as the template for ending donmanship and political

DR. HENLEy WARD MORgAN

in the field of social entrepreneurship in Jamaica and is a leader in seeking to influence the adoption of social enterprise legislation and the emergence of a social stock exchange.

Dr. Morgan is very visible in public media; appearing frequently in both the electronic and print media. In addition to writing a regular newspaper column he is the author of two books; The Jamaican Job Seekers Guide and Job Seeking Made Simple. He has a 5-minutes radio commentary, The Watchman, which is aired on Nation-wide Radio.

Dr. Morgan is highly involved in professional development and civil society governance through his many memberships. These have included: Chairman, Jamaican Institute of Management;, Chairman, Business Board of Studies and Member Accreditation Committee, University Council of Jamaica; Member, United Way of Jamaica Board of Governors and United Way Global Board; Vice-Chairman, Council for Voluntary Social Services (CVSS); Associate Professor of Leadership and Business, Nova South-eastern University, Florida, USA; External Examiner, University of Technology and University of the West Indies; Board Member and Provost, University College of the Caribbean; Chancellor, The Hydel College, Jamaica; Board Member, Caribbean Graduate School of Theology (CGST); Chairman, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica Pensions Committee, and Honorary Consul General, Republic of Botswana.

Dr. Morgan is the recipient of numerous awards. In October 2014, he was conferred one of the nation’s highest national honours: The Order of Distinction, OD.

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He has developed for his company CaribExperience.com - an online tourism operations company, and JASIS - a telephone based agricultural marketing system where farmers can sell their produce over the phone.

In 2003 to 2006, Noel Watson completed a three year stint for UNDP as Executive Director of a national civic dialogue initiative aimed at creating greater social cohesion in Jamaica.

He received a Ph.D. in economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada (1988) and conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the Kingston Free Zone for his dissertation. He is married with two daughters and loves playing chess, squash, tennis, cricket and football

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He received a Ph.D. in economics from Simon Fraser University in

DR. NOEL WATSON CEO, A-Z Information Jamaica Limited

HAROLD DAviS Deputy Chief Executive Officer

K’ADAMAWE A.H.N K’NiFE (PhD) Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management

Dr. Noel Watson is CEO of A-Z Information Jamaica Limited, which is a consulting and information firm operating in the Caribbean. His consultancy work on the removal of restrictions to the right of establishment, the free movement of services and capital was important to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market that officially came into being in early 2006. He recently conducted an EU funded study which identified opportunities and the regulatory environment in the EU for CARIFORUM professionals as a result of the EPA. He has conducted consultancy assignments for international development agencies including USAID, CIDA, IDB, OAS, GTZ, UNECLAC, UNDP, Caribbean Development Bank, the CARICOM Secretariat, and the Caribbean Regional Negotiating MachineryHe has taught courses at the University of the West Indies and is a member of the General Council of the International University of the Caribbean.

Harold Davis is a trained Industrial Engineer with over twenty-five (25) years’ experience in Industrial development. His areas of specialization include Development Finance, Agriculture, Construction, Creative Industries, Business Development, Energy Management and Micro, Small and medium sized Entities (MSME) development strategies.

His professional affiliations include membership in the Caribbean Institute of Certified Management Consultants, Director of the EXED Community College Foundation

Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship – specific focus on social entrepreneurship as a vehicle for community safety and security and sustainable community development

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Strategic Planning for Sustainable Development –application of non-predictive strategic planning tools within developing countries

Sustainable community development through SocialEntrepreneurship – Community Safety and Security - gang and crime prevention “Saving lives through Enterprise”

QUALIFICATION & GRANTING INSTITUTION

1999 –2007 Ph.D. SustainableDevelopment: Foresighting/Scenario Planning, University of The West Indies, Mona

M.Sc.ModulesinEnvironmentalStrategy (A.C.U. Split Site Doctorial Programme), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

1995–1998M.Sc.Economics.University of the West Indies, Mona

and an Advisor to the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Technology.

A certified Energy Manager, Mr. Davis is a Musician, Singer, Song Writer and Recording Artiste.


Joel Richards is the Technical Advisor, Investment and Private Sector at the CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN). In this capacity, he performs a dual role: (i) He is responsible for providing technical support and advice to CARICOM Member States on Investment; and (ii) He is also expected to serve as a channel of communication between the OTN and the region’s private sector stakeholders. Prior to joining the

OTN, Joel was a Trade Consultant to the Barbados Private Sector Trade Team – A Division of the Barbados Private Sector Association where he

Terry-Ann Segree is the Investment Manager of the Development Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica Venture Capital Programme, with responsibility for managing the DBJ/JVCP private equity funds portfolio of investments and the execution of strategies aimed at stimulating investments in the Jamaican private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) markets. She provides leadership over initiatives aimed at driving entrepreneurship development and

innovation and generating a deal flow of investment ready businesses.

Under the JVCP mandate she has guided the investment process for DBJ’s investment in three VC/PE funds and has impacted more than 2,000

OTN, Joel was a Trade Consultant to the Barbados Private Sector Trade

innovation and generating a deal flow of investment ready businesses.

JOEL RiCHARDS TECHNICAL ADVISOR, CARICOM Secretariat Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN)

RObERT SCOTT VICE PRESIDENT, Export and Market Development, JAMPRO

TERRy-ANN SEgREE INVESTMENT MANAGER, Development Bank of Jamaica

primarily represented the interests of the Barbados Private Sector in the context of regional, bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and trade related issues.

He holds a Master of Science Degree in International Trade Policy from the Shridath Ramphal Centre, the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus and graduated with Distinction; a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Relations from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and is currently pursuing a PhD at the Institute of International Relations, St. Augustine Campus.

Joel is a national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

entrepreneurs and student entrepreneurs through various entrepreneurial training and capacity building initiatives.

She has worked 15 years in the financial service industry and has a sound record of achievements, coupled with effective analytical and negotiation skills. Prior to joining the DBJ, she was a Portfolio Manager at First Global Financial Services, a subsidiary of the GraceKnnedy Group. There she was integral in the conception, execution and monitoring of investment strategies for the funds under management. She is experienced in retirement planning and segregated pension fund management.

Miss Segree has a Master’s in Business Administration from Edinburg Business School where she specialized in Strategic Planning. She holds a Bsc. in Business Administration from the University College of the Caribbean.

Robert Scott is the Vice President, Export and Market Development at JAMPRO with responsibility for export, overseas market development and Linkages. An international business development specialist, international speaker and trainer, Robert served as the Country Manager/Customer Business Development Manager for Mars Incorporated - one of the largest food companies in the world, developing and executing route to market strategies throughout the

Caribbean. He was appointed a Mars Ambassador in 2011, initiating a programme for the Jamaican cocoa farmers. Robert is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Manchester Business School.

Robert is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), having attained the highest honour in Toastmasters International in 2004 and also having served as the Territorial Governor for the Caribbean, ushering the Caribbean

into Provisional district status. He is also the Caribbean Humorous Speaking champion for 2007 and the Caribbean Impromptu Speaking champion in 2008. Robert has developed an impressive suite of signature courses which he has had the honour to deliver to appreciative audiences in Vietnam and the Philippines.

Robert serves in several other capacities, namely as a Justice of the Peace, and also as the founding Chairman of Jamaica Search and Rescue, a civilian volunteer unit supporting the JDF Coast Guard. He serves also as the Honorary Consul to Latvia and is the Vice-Dean of the Consular Corps of Jamaica. Robert is a Medal of Honour recipient of the World Federation of Consuls (FICAC) and is a Knight of the Order of St. George, the most ancient of the chivalric orders. He is an avid sailor and his weekends are spent refurbishing and sailing his old sailboat, Last Lick. He also rows and serves as the General Secretary of the Jamaica Rowing Federation. Robert is married with one wife and three sons.

Specialties: Semi-professional speaker on networking, key account management, business development and sales training.

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Mutual Investments Limited respectively. Mrs Bell also worked overseas with both Anderson Consulting and the City of Miami Department of Management & Budget ,after completing her formal education. Upon her return to Jamaica, she served as Corporate Credit Manager for CitizensBank Jamaica Limited.

Mrs Bell holds a Master of Business of Administration with a specialization in Finance, and also a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Miami, Florida, USA.

The Chairman and Board of Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Lisa Simone Bell as Managing Director of the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica Limited (EXIM Bank), effective May 3, 2010.

Mrs Bell joins the Bank with over twenty years experience in providing financial, analytical, project and general management expertise in both the private and public sectors. She has held key managerial positions in the financial services sector and within the public sector. Along with her stellar management performance Mrs Bell brings a wealth of knowledge of credit and financial services especially as it relates to SMEs and the Export Sector.

Lisa Bell leaves the Jamaican Trade and Invest (JAMPRO) at the position of Deputy President, after contributing over eight years to the national investment and export agency. Prior to that, she served as Deputy General Manager and General Manager for Alpha Financial Services Limited and Victoria

André Haughton, PhD, lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Haughton’s journey began in Mt Salem, Montego Bay, and at just 29 years old, he has already earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Essex, Colchester, in the United Kingdom.

Haughton, whose main areas of specialisation are theoretical and applied economics, rose from humble beginnings, and wants persons who are growing up in situations similar to his to make their dreams come true. Despite his demanding schedule, Haughton finds the time to make motivational presentations and speeches locally and overseas.

“Things and times have changed. People are getting wiser

and just need the boost to do positive things,” Haughton said.

The Cornwall College graduate said he did not grow up in luxury but lived a good life. His mother, he said, made sure he and his siblings were comfortable.

Administration from the University of Miami, Florida, USA.

LiSA bELL MANAGING DIRECTOR, National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica Limited (EXIM Bank)

ANDRE HAUgHTON, PhD LECTURER, Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies

CONRAD RObiNSON WESTERN REGIONAL MANAGER - JAMPRO

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