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Published:Sunday | May 8, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica's planning committee members (from left): Vintoria Bernard, Chairman Raymond Campbell and Dennis Brown are in a jovial mood.
From left: EconoCaribe's Nyree Walter, Jamaica National's Hasani Haughton and The Gleaner Western Bureau's Manager Shernett Robinson pose for the camera.
New president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davon Crump (right), chats with Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica's planning committee member Dennis Brown (left) and Prunela Vassell.
Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry director, Marcus McKenzie (centre), is flanked by First Global's Maria HoSue (left) and Victoria Mutual's Suzette Ramdanie-Linton.
From left: PwC's Peter Pearson, Guardian Life's Parsha Buddho and Pimento's Stephen Dear get to know each other.
From left: Paradise Real Estate's Patrick Fletcher, publisher Lloyd B. Smith and CCS Tours' Lee Bailey are caught in conversation.
From left: AICAD Service Professional's Dacia Smith, Exclusive Holidays' Mary Chambers and Digicel's Joy Clark at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica's 'Third to First' breakfast hosted by Iberostar Grand in Montego Bay on Thursday, April 28.
New president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davon Crump (second left), chats with (from left) president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Archibald Campbell, and his team, Vintoria Bernard and Raymond Campbell. - Photos by Janet Silvera
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Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

Just a week after accepting presidency of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Davon Crump's maiden speech was to breakfast guests at the event, Third to First - Going the Distance.

Sponsored by the Iberostar Grand, Rose Hall, Crump, western regional manager of Chas E Ramson, not only hailed the Kingston professionals in his midst, but boosted plans by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica to hold the 29th annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants in the capital city.

"The organisers of the conference are quite mindful that Kingston is not Jamaica," he quipped, calling their efforts to promote the event in the Second City revolutionary.

The conference theme is representative of the 29th annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants which will be hosted at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel from June 23-25. And although the event speaks to targeting accountants, the packed room of Montegonians were warned.

"We want it to be known that this is not only a conference for accountants. It is a business conference from which all sectors of the society can benefit. As such, we have engaged an exciting mix of local and international presenters who will highlight topical issues which will be informative, stimulating and relevant to accountants and other professionals," stressed Archibald Campbell, president of the ICAJ.

Campbell expects approximately 1,000 delegates from across the Caribbean to converge on city Kingston.

janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com