Erwin Burton,
B.Sc., MSc., J.P.

Mr. Erwin Burton serves on the boards of several GraceKennedy subsidiaries including GK Foods and Services Ltd., GraceKennedy (Belize) Ltd., Grace Foods USA, Inc., Grace Foods UK Ltd. and GraceKennedy (Ontario). He is also a member of the board of Mona Institute of Applied Sciences and Agri Investment Corporation. In February 2010, Mr. Burton was appointed Chairman of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings Limited.

Simon Roberts,
B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., P. Eng., (Ont.)

Mr. Simon Roberts is the Chief Executive Officer of Hardware & Lumber Limited. Prior to joining H&L in 2009, he held General Manager positions at other GraceKennedy subsidiaries, having joined GraceKennedy in 1997. He also has over 15 years experience in the steel industry in metallurgy, customer service, quality assurance and product development. He is a director of Grace & Staff Community Development Foundation, GraceKennedy Remittance Services Ltd., GraceKennedy Currency Trading Services Ltd, GraceKennedy Payment Services Ltd., a Vice President of the Jamaica Manufacturer’s Association, and Chairman of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC).

Grace Burnett,
LLB., CI.

Mrs. Grace Burnett is an Attorney-at-Law and Chartered Insurer, with over 20 years experience in the general insurance industry. She has served in senior positions within the GraceKennedy Group and is currently the Managing Director of Allied Insurance Brokers.

Her areas of expertise include Operations, Change Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Employee Engagement and Business Development.

Grace received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies, her Chartered status from the Chartered Insurance Institute UK and has participated in several leadership development courses including the Leadership Journey at the Wharton Business School.

Grace currently serves as a director of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and is the immediate past president of the Jamaica Insurance Brokers Association (JIBA) and the founding president of Jamaican Society for Insurance Professional & Technicians (JSIPT) and is the
Founding President of the Jamaica Society for Insurance Professionals & Technicians
(JSIPT). She is also a member of the Jamaican Bar Association, The Insurance Institute of Jamaica (IIJ), The Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) and Toastmasters International.

Grace is married, has two beautiful daughters and enjoys gardening and reading.

Andrea Coy,
BSc., MSc., FCA.

Mrs. Andrea Coy is the General Manager of GK Foods & Services Ltd, World Brands Services Division. Previously, Andrea was assigned to Hi Lo Food Stores Division from April 2005 to September 2010, where she was promoted to the position of General Manager (October 2006) - a feat achieved before the age of 40 years. With this appointment, she became the second female General Manager of the 25 years old Grace Kennedy subsidiary. Andrea is a highly passionate and visionary leader with a commitment to excellence and a track record of performance. In 1997, she was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. She is the holder of a Master’s of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, both from the University of the West Indies, Mona.

Rodney St. Auburn Davis,
CA

is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cool Group of Companies, a large Jamaican conglomerate largely focused in the petroleum business, but with operations in a number of key domestic and tourism sectors in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.  He is also co-founder and Chairman of Nappy’s Inc. a leading Health and Beauty services company operating in Jamaica (Salons of Jamaica) and Canada. 

Mr. Davis is a chartered accountant in Ontario, Canada (ICAO, CICA 1992) and Jamaica (2005) and he is an accomplished Canadian and Caribbean executive, having served in a number of financial and general management executive positions as well on a number of public and private company boards including some of Canada’s and the Caribbean’s largest public companies since 1994.

Stephen B. Facey,
B.A., M.Arch.

is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Limited and First Jamaica Investments Limited.  He is also Chairman of the Pan-Jamaican subsidiary, Jamaica Property Company Limited (JPCO). 

Mr. Facey is a Director of Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited, Panacea Insurance Company Limited, Kingston Restoration Company Limited and Jamaica Developers Association Limited.

Paul Hanworth,
A.C.C.A., C.P.A., M.Sc., MA

Mr. Hanworth has been Chief Financial Officer for Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust Ltd. and First Jamaica Investments Ltd. since 2006.

An Accountant by training, Paul spent 14 years in the accounting profession with KPMG and 9 years in the wine and spirits industry with International Distillers and Vintners (now part of Diageo plc), in the United Kingdom, the USA and South Africa, before moving to Jamaica in 1998.  He worked with Mechala Group (now ICD Group) as Chief Financial Officer and, from 2001, as Chief Operating Officer until 2001, at which time he established 1876 Wines, a leading importer and distributor of fine wines and Jamaica’s principal wine club, with his wife Cynthia.

B.Sc. (Eng.), M.B.A.

Mr. Sharp has been a director of GraceKennedy Limited since 1976 and a member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees of the Board.

He is a Founding Member of both the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and the Jamaica Institute of Management (JIM). He has served as Chairman of the Coffee Industry Board from 1981 to 1985.  

He is currently Chairman of Trout Hall Limited, an agricultural and export trading company.

Grace Silvera,
Dip. Mngt., BSc.

Named among the Daily Gleaner’s and Jamaica Observer’s top 10 most influential women in Jamaica, Ms. Grace Silvera is unmistakably one of the Country’s most accomplished senior executives with over 20 years of extensive expertise in international marketing, communications, brand management, public relations,  events marketing, customer service and public sector leadership.

She served in the airline industry for ten years where she defined herself as an exemplary  leader, then went on to blaze a trail at Red Stripe not just as a communications and marketing expert but as an outstanding inspirational leader and global brand ambassador .

Ms Silvera was seconded from Red Stripe to the Government of Jamaica in 2010 in the capacity as Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) with the mandate to transform the image and programmes of the Commission a task she spearheaded with her signature style of urgency, love for people, infectious passion and seal of excellence.

Currently, this dynamic International Marketer who attended Nova Southeastern University and Harvard Business School is the Regional Vice President, Marketing and Communications for LIME, the Caribbean’s only full service telecommunications provider.

Donald G. Wehby,
B. Sc (Hons.) M.Sc. (Acctg.), FCA

is Chief Operating Officer of GraceKennedy Limited and a member of its Board. He was Deputy CEO for GraceKennedy Limited and CEO, GK Investments up to September 2007 when he resigned to take up the position of Senator and Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Finance & the Public Service for two years. He was reappointed to the GraceKennedy Board on October 5, 2009. He is also a board member of several other GraceKennedy subsidiaries. He holds both a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree and a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of the West Indies and has completed an Advanced Management College certificate course at Stanford University. He is a chartered accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica.