Campari's love affair with JWN

Managing director of J. Wray & Nephew Limited (JWN), Jean-Philippe Beyer, will share insights on what made Jamaica attractive to the Campari Group when he joins a host of speakers at the Jamaica Investment Forum (JIF) in Montego Bay, St James.

Beyer, who has more than 20 years of international market experience in the wines and spirits industry, has successfully led Campari Group's sales and distribution networks in Central America, the Caribbean, southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa with breakthrough results.

Now leading Campari's charge in Jamaica, Beyer will deliver a presentation titled 'Campari's Love Affair with JWN', in which he will also speak to and how the Jamaican company has evolved post the 2012 acquisition.

"As a leader in the global market, the Campari Group, through JWN, takes great pleasure in sharing expertise that could assist large and small corporations seeking to invest locally and, in so doing, grow the Jamaican economy," said Beyer.

"We see our brands as being representative of the Jamaican culture and people, and take our responsibility as stewards and ambassadors of Brand Jamaica seriously. We, therefore, see participation in fora like these as our duty and this serves to build Jamaica," added Beyer.

J. Wray & Nephew, a member of the Campari Group - which is the sixth-largest player in the wines and spirits industry - is a gold sponsor of the three-day forum.

Themed 'Connect for Business', the forum will see are a number of partners hosting the event, spearheaded by the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, which promotes business opportunities in export and investment to the local and international private sectors.

The first two staging of the Jamaica Investment Forum reportedly created 7,000 jobs and attracted more than US$300 million in investment projects.

In addition, 46 investment leads were generated from both JIF 2012 and 2015 across several sectors, including business process outsourcing, tourism and infrastructure.

ATTRACTING INVESTMENT

According to JAMPRO's president, Diane Edwards, the agency intends to work even harder to attract even greater investments into the Jamaican economy.

"For this staging of JIF, we want to continue to generate investment projects that can impact a broad sector of society. To do this, we will illuminate Jamaica's economic path for investors and give them a new perspective on the country's business opportunities.

"We will also shed light on our digital readiness, our home-grown multinationals, the country's recent economic achievements and other highlights of the growing economy," said Edwards.

The Jamaica Investment Forum is being held with support from headline sponsors: JAMPRO, Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project, which is a project of the Planning Institute of Jamaica, New Fortress Energy, and Scotiabank Jamaica Ltd.

The forum is being held under the patronage of Prime Minister Andrew Holness.