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SECTION 3: DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
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Ms. Alison Lewis – Non Executive Director
Ms. Alison Lewis was appointed to the Board in August 2014. She is a former Public Servant who served for over
twenty-nine years in the Ministry of Finance and rose to the position of Permanent Secretary of that Ministry, a
position that she held for 11 years. She has served as a member of a number of boards of directors including the
boards of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, the TTSEC, the Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation
and the Heritage and Stabilization Fund. Ms. Lewis has recently been appointed to the board of Republic Bank Ltd.
During the period 2001 to 2003 she served as advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington
DC returning home in 2003 shortly before being appointed Permanent Secretary.
Ms. Lewis holds a BA. in Economics and Management from the UWI, St. Augustine and became a distinguished
awardee on the occasion of the UWI Alumni’s 25th anniversary.
Mr. Christopher Dehring – Non Executive Director
Mr. Christopher Dehring was appointed to the Board in August 2014. He is the Chairman of LIME Jamaica and a
member of the senior executive team of Cable & Wireless Communications PLC. He also holds directorships in The
Bahamas Telecommunications Company, Cable and Wireless Barbados, Telecommunications Services of Trinidad
and Tobago, Caribbean Cement Company Ltd. and KLE Group Ltd. Prior to Cable and Wireless Communications
PLC, he was the CEO of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, staging the world’s 3
rd
largest global sporting event
across 9 Caribbean countries and involving 9,000 persons.
In 2002, Mr. Dehring conceptualized and launched Sportsmax - the Caribbean’s first sports television channel,
broadcast in 26 countries and sold recently to a major telecommunications company. He was recently appointed
Chairman of Jamaica Sports with a mandate to build on the success of the Jamaican sports brand and expand that
sub-sector of the country’s tourism industry. Mr. Dehring was also the founder and former President & CEO of
Dehring Bunting & Golding, Jamaica’s first investment bank, listed on the Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago stock
exchanges and sold to Scotiabank in 2006.
He is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College where he attained a BSc. in marketing and economics.
Mr. Michael Glenn Hamel-Smith – Non Executive Director
Mr. Glenn Hamel-Smith was appointed to the Board in August 2014. He is a partner and the Head of the Banking &
Finance Practice Group at M. Hamel-Smith & Co. and has been practicing law for over sixteen years. He is
admitted to practice both in the State of Florida and in Trinidad and Tobago. He began his legal career in 1998 in the
International and Corporate Departments of one of the largest international law firms headquartered in Miami before
joining M. Hamel-Smith & Co., in 2002.
Mr. Hamel-Smith obtained his Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School and his Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Miami, School of Law as a Deans’ Honor Scholar. He also holds a Bachelors of
Business Administration degree in International Business and Management Information Systems from Florida
International University where he graduated as a Faculty Scholar at the top of his class. Mr. Hamel-Smith’s legal
practice focuses on bank finance and regulation, secured and unsecured lending, project finance, mergers and
acquisitions, securities advisory matters and capital markets transactions.
Mr. Hamel-Smith currently serves as a Director and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce of
Trinidad & Tobago, having previously served as Chair of its Legislative Committee for several years. He is also a
Regional Board Advisory Member for the Association of Caribbean Corporate Counsel.
