he Jamaica National Group (JN Group) has appointed Elizabeth Ann Jones as the new chair of the group, following the passing of former chairman, Oliver Clarke, who died on May 16.
Jones, a retired chartered accountant, is the first woman to chair the board of directors in the history of the organisation, which celebrated its 146th anniversary on August 13.
She joined the board of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) in 2014, and was appointed chairman of JN Fund Managers Limited in 2015.
After the restructuring of the JN Group in February 2017, she was appointed as a director of JN Bank Limited, JN Financial Group Limited, and JN Group.
In April 2019, she was appointed chairman of the JN Financial Group and co-deputy chair of JN Group.
Jones has had a long and distinguished career in the accounting field and is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a retired senior partner of KPMG Jamaica, and a previous chairman of KPMG Caricom — a regional governance entity comprising KPMG member firms in the Caribbean.
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