Mar 2013 Financial News

GKC - Appointment to the Board of Directors

Mar 08, 2013

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, MARCH 6 – Chairman of GraceKennedy Limited, Hon Douglas Orane, has announced the appointment of Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee, Jr, to the company’s Board of Directors effective March 6, 2013.

Dr. Lyew-Ayee is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Mona GeoInformatics Institute of the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He also heads the University’s Department of Geography and Geology. He is the author of several refereed journal articles, chapters in books and technical reports. His research specialties span a wide range of topics, among them geographic information systems, global positioning satellite systems, remote sensing, natural hazards simulation and disaster response coordination. Among his career achievements are the spearheading of the Caribbean’s first GPS Navigation System commercially released in 2008, and leading the development of the Natural Hazard Locator System (NHLS), and Natural Hazards Simulator for Jamaica. He is the recipient of numerous awards, and was recently named by the PSOJ as one of the “50 Under Fifty Business Leaders Shaping Jamaica’s future.”

Dr. Lyew-Ayee holds a D.Phil. from the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK, as well as a BSC in Earth Science from the University of the West Indies, Mona. He is also a member of several professional organizations and societies.

Mr. Orane is confident that the new appointee will serve well on the GraceKennedy Board. “Dr. Lyew-Ayee has an outstanding record, not only in his field of work, but also in his contribution to his country. He is a great innovator with a brilliant, analytical mind. We look forward to his contribution as a member of the Board” he said.


Source:
The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited
Friday March 8, 2013