Leadership. Accountability. Integrity.

The Hon. Charles Johnston is the Executive Chairman of Jamaica Fruit and Shipping Company Ltd. and its subsidiaries. He joined the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 1975 and became Chairman in 1986. He chairs the Board’s Executive and the Compensation & Human Resources Committees and serves on the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Johnston is the Chairman of A.L. Hoogesteger Fresh Specialist B.V., German Jamaica Ship Repair Ltd., Jamaican Patties Ltd., JP Logistics Solutions Ltd., Lennox Portland Ltd., Seaboard Freight & Shipping Jamaica Ltd and Sun Juice Processors Ltd.  He is a director of Pan Jamaica Group Ltd., Kingston Wharves Ltd., Geest Line Ltd., the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd., SAJE Logistics Infrastructure Ltd., and Kingston Logistics Centre Ltd., Global Logistics Ltd. and KLC Panama.  He is a past President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica. In 2023 he was conferred with the Order of Jamaica, and in 2006 with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica and with the Carlton Alexander Award for Excellence by Jamaica College.  In 2008 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, in 2017 he was awarded a Jamaica Observer Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2018 he was conferred a Doctor of Science degree in International Shipping honoris causa from the Caribbean Maritime University.  Mr. Johnston is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance & Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey Hall was appointed Group Managing Director of Jamaica Producers Group in 2007 after joining the Board in 2004 and the Group in 2002. He serves on the Board’s Executive and Corporate Governance Committees. He is Group Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pan Jamaica Group Ltd. and has held these posts since 2023, after the amalgamation of PanJam Investments and certain businesses of the Jamaica Producers Group Limited (JP) to form Pan Jamaica Group. Mr. Hall is Chairman of Kingston Wharves Ltd., Blue Power Group Ltd., Lumber Depot Ltd. and Harmonisation Ltd. He is also a director to Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd., Sagicor Life Jamaica Ltd., Sagicor Bank Jamaica Ltd. and Sagicor Investments Jamaica Ltd., Eppley Caribbean Property Fund and the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation. Mr. Hall has served as Chairman of the Boards of Scotia Group Jamaica Ltd., the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Ltd., Scotia Investment Ltd., and as a director on the Boards of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and the Bank of Jamaica. In 2022, Mr. Hall was awarded the Officer of Distinction in the rank of Commander by the Government of Jamaica. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Washington University, his Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University and his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School.

Alan Buckland has served as the Group Finance Director of Jamaica Producers Group since 2010, and he was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2018. He is also the Chief Financial Officer of Pan Jamaica Group Ltd. and serves as a director of Pan Jamaica Group Ltd., and of many of the subsidiary and associated companies of the Pan Jamaica Group including Geest Line Ltd., Pan Jamaica Property Company Ltd., A.L. Hoogesteger Fresh Specialist B.V. and JP Logistics Solutions Ltd. Mr. Buckland is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and is a graduate of the University of Exeter.

Dr. Swee Chua is a Director at Blue Power Group Ltd.  Dr. Chua has also worked in the business process outsourcing (BPO), utilities, consulting, insurance and regulatory sectors. Over the course of her career, Dr. Chua has served as Country Head of HGS Jamaica, a BPO firm with over 1,500 employees operating in Jamaica and as Vice President of Jamaica Public Service (with responsibility for commercial operations and internal shared services). She has also served as Senior Economist at OXERA UK, one of Europe’s foremost economics consultancies. She was appointed to the Board of Directors of Jamaica Producers Group in 2023. Dr. Chua holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Oxford.

Stephen Facey has over 40 years of experience in architecture, real estate development and management, and private equity investing. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Jamaica Producers Group in 2023.  He serves as Chairman of the Pan Jamaica Group, Pan Jamaica Property Company Ltd., Kingston Restoration Company Ltd., the New Kingston Civic Association and the C.B. Facey Foundation. Mr. Facey is also the Chairman of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute. He is a Director of Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd. and the National Gallery of Jamaica.  In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica. An architect by training, Mr. Facey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Rice University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Patricia Francisis Chair of the Government of Jamaica Trade Facilitation Task Force and is a former Assistant Secretary General and Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (UN/WTO). She was Special Advisor to UN Women’s Executive Director from 2018-2020 and was also the former President of JAMPRO.  She joined the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 2013 and serves on the boards of the IESE Graduate Business School, B & D Trawling Ltd., Portland JSX and Whiteshield Partners, Strategy & Public Policy Advisory.  In 2024, she was appointed non-resident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council.  Patricia also volunteers as a Director with the Rose Town Foundation and the Alligator Head Foundation.  She was awarded the Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by the Government of Spain in 2006, the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica in 2015 and in 2024 the Caribbean Women in Trade’s International Woman of the Year award.  Mrs. Francis is a graduate of the University of Miami.

Sanya Goffe is a partner at Hart Muirhead Fatta, Attorneys-at-Law.  She was appointed to the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 2015 and is the Chair of the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee.  Mrs. Goffe is an IWF Fellow and an Eisenhower Fellow and sits on the boards of NCB Financial Group Ltd. and the National Insurance Fund.  She is also President of the Pension Industry Association of Jamaica and a member of the advisory board of the World Pension Summit. She is a member of the Jamaica Bar Association, the UK Association of Pension Lawyers and the International Pension Lawyers Association. She is also co-founder of the Adult Learning Centres of Jamaica.  Mrs. Goffe is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School.

Dahlia Kelly is the former Managing Director of Patsy Kelly and Associates, an Executive Placement Service. She was appointed to the Board of directors of Jamaica Producers Group in 1988 and serves on the Board’s Executive, Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. Mrs. Kelly is a director of the National Education Trust, the St. Mary Education Trust, and JP Tropical Group, and is a trustee of the Sydney A. Phillips Scholarship Trust. Mrs. Kelly previously served as director of the Urban Development Corporation. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies.

Kathleen Moss is a Management Consultant and Chartered Business Valuator with Sierra Associates an independent advisory and business valuation firm that she established in 1993.  She joined the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 1999, is a member of the Executive and the Compensation & Human Resources Committees and chairs the Audit Committee.  Mrs. Moss is a director of Pan Jamaica Group Ltd. where she chairs the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee, and of Kingston Wharves Ltd. where she chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation & Leadership Development Committee.  She is a director of Assurance Brokers Jamaica Ltd. and Rebhan’s Gases Ltd. and is a trustee of the Violence Prevention Alliance.  Mrs. Moss is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business and is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and McGill University.  

Grantley Stephenson is the Vice-Chairman and former Managing Director of Kingston Wharves Ltd. and is the former Honorary Consul General for the Kingdom of Norway.  He joined the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 2015. He is a director of the Security Administrators Ltd., the Shipping Association of Jamaica, ADVANTUM, Assessment Recoveries Ltd. and is a fellow of the Jamaica Institute of Management. In 2007 he was conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica.  In 2013 he was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit and in 2017 he was conferred a Doctor of Science degree honoris causa in Port Management by the Caribbean Maritime University. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies and is a graduate of the University of Technology and the University of Plymouth.

Professor the Hon. Alvin Wint is Emeritus Professor of International Business at the University of the West Indies. He joined the Board of Jamaica Producers Group in 1998 and is a member of the Group’s Audit Committee.  He serves as a member of the National Partnership Council and the National Competitiveness Council. He previously served as Chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust, the Office of Utilities Regulation and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica.    In 2022 he was conferred with the Order of Jamaica and in 2015 with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class by the Government of Jamaica.  Prof. Wint has received many professional awards including the UWI Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. He holds a BSc from the University of the West Indies, an MBA from Northeastern University and a Doctorate in International Business from Harvard University.