Aug 2015 Financial News

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited - Appointment of Director

Aug 25, 2015

NCB Appoints Oliver C. Mitchell, Jr as New Board Director

Hon. Michael Lee-Chin, O.J., Chairman of the National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Oliver C. Mitchell, Jr. an attorney-at-law, advisor and consultant with over 35 years of experience in civil and criminal trials, executive human resources practice and litigation avoidance counselling.

Mr. Mitchell is currently a member of the Board of Directors for FS Global Credit Opportunities Fund, a Philadelphia-based mutual fund established in 2013, and a member of its Audit and Governance Committees.

He comes to the NCB Board with a distinguished record of public service, having been a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, a public employee pension fund based in the United States with about US$30 billion in assets. He is also a member of the fund’s Audit Committee.

NCB Chairman Michael Lee-Chin said “We are pleased to have Oliver Mitchell join us and are anticipating that he will add value to our seasoned Board. Through his international experience and impressive professional background and practice he will help to build on what we have accomplished as we continue to enhance NCB and work diligently to always move forward.”

Mr. Mitchell previously was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Carpenter Technology Corporation of Reading, PA. In addition to that role, he was responsible for state, federal and local governmental relations at Carpenter. Carpenter is a NYSE-listed company that manufactures and sells specialty alloys. Mr. Mitchell also was Chairman of the Dealer Policy Board at Ford Motor Company. In that role, he was responsible for the resolution of disputes between Ford and its dealers. He was appointed to that position by Ford’s Board of Directors. Before that, he was an assistant general counsel at Ford. In the assistant general counsel role, Mr. Mitchell had general supervisory responsibility for all employment, consumer, commercial, dealer, insurance and Superfund lawsuits brought against Ford or its subsidiaries in the United States of America. He also had global responsibility at Ford for delivery of legal advice concerning labour and employment issues.

He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and was First Assistant District Attorney for Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Mr. Mitchell was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Judicial College. He served as its Treasurer and Chairman of its Audit Committee.

An experienced trial lawyer, who has tried civil and criminal cases as lead counsel in a variety of state and federal courts, Mr. Mitchell has been admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and Massachusetts and is currently an attorney-at-law and consultant in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father, now resident in Massachusetts, USA, is from St. Catherine, Jamaica

For further information contact:

Belinda Williams
Group Corporate Communications Manager
National Commercial Bank (NCB) Jamaica Ltd
williamsbn@jncb.com
935-2350

Source:
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited
Tuesday August 25, 2015