Jeffrey Hall and Kathleen Moss appointed directors of the board of Kingston Wharves Ltd

Jeffrey Hall, chief executive officer of Jamaica Producers Group (JP), and Kathleen Moss, a member of the JP board, have been appointed directors of the board of Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL).

Mr Hall and Mrs Moss were appointed directors following JP's equity investment in the port company which was approved by shareholders on March 29. The appointments are as a result of the amended rules in the KWL articles of association, which states that JP or any individual or group with holdings of 21 per cent of KWL can appoint up to three directors to the board. The amendment to the articles of association was also approved by shareholders on March 29.

Jeffrey Hall, BA, MPP, JD, was appointed group managing director of Jamaica Producers Group in July 2007 after joining the board in 2004 and joining the group in 2002. He serves on the board's audit, compensation and executive committees. Mr Hall is a director of the Scotia Group Jamaica Limited, Blue Power Group Limited, JAMPRO and Agro-Invest Corporation.

Mr Hall received his Bachelor of Arts degree (summa cum laude) in economics from Washington University, his master's degree in public policy from Harvard University and his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. He has practised law as a member of the New York Bar.

Employment history

Kathleen A.J. Moss, BSc, MBA, CBV, is a management consultant and chartered business valuator with Sierra Associates, an independent advisory and business valuation firm that she established in 1993. She was appointed to the board of directors of Jamaica Producers Group in 1999, where she is a member of the executive and compensation committees and chairs the audit committee.

Mrs Moss serves on the boards of NEM Insurance Company (Jamaica) Limited, where she is deputy chairman, and Pan Jamaican Investment Trust, where she chairs their audit committees. Mrs Moss is a member of the investment committee and the internal audit committee of Jamaica National Building Society.

She is also a trustee of the Violence Prevention Alliance. Mrs Moss is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators and is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and McGill University.