Movements
Published:Friday | January 14, 2011 | 12:00 AM
LIME takes on new marketing talent
Grace Silvera has taken up a new job with LIME as its regional vice-president marketing and corporate communications, after concluding her secondment at the state-run cultural agency and parting from beer company Red Stripe Jamaica.
LIME also announced the appointment of Dianne Bissoon, a native of Trinidad & Tobago with 12 years experience in the telecommunications industry, as vice-president of television and entertainment services.
The two hires are meant to strengthen LIME's marketing team, and come on the heel of Errol Miller's revised portfolio as vice-president government & corporate affairs, and chair of the LIME Foundation.
Silvera assumes Miller's old job, and will work out of the Jamaican office in Kingston.
She had been tipped at one point to join the communications company several years ago, but never followed through with the shift.
The two new appointments take effect immediately.
Silvera, whose most recent role was that of executive director for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, has over 25 years of expertise in international marketing, communications, and public relations, 15 of which were with Red Stripe.
After wrapping up the one-year secondment last November, Red Stripe announced that Silvera would not be rejoining the beer company.
Bissoon joins LIME from WestStarTV in Cayman Islands where she was responsible for securing programming contracts.
She is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University, holds an MBA in marketing, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in international business.
"The depth of experience that Dianne possesses in this specialised area will be of tremendous value to LIME as we rev up the entertainment aspect of our business," said Chris Dehring, chief marketing officer of LIME Caribbean and chairman of LIME Jamaica, in a company statement.
Joe Taffe to retire
Joseph Taffe, one of GraceKennedy
Limited's most reliable fill-ins for posts in transition, will be
retiring next month, his company has advised.
Taffe holds the
title of deputy chief executive officer of the GraceKennedy Financial
Group and he is also an executive director of GraceKennedy.
His
retirement is effective February 28. His transition is the most recent
of the management changes announced by the conglomerate since December.
The
CEO of GK Food will also retire next month; and Douglas Orane will give
up the title of group CEO to Don Wehby in July, but will remain as
executive chairman up to his retirement in December 2012.
NWC's new commissioners
The Ministry of Housing this week confirmed the new board of commissioners that will have oversight of the agency over two years, and named engineer and immediate past president of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers, David Chung, as chairman.
The other eight are:
Wayne Jones President, Jamaica Civil Service Association
Rose Pilliner Banker
Ransford Braham Attorney-at-Law
Mark Myers Businessman
Dane Marsh Attorney-at-Law
Dr Astor Bowers Member of the Clergy/Administrator
Baron Stewart Businessman
Lennox Wallace Public health inspector
Their appointments took effect November 22, 2010 and replaces the previous board whose three-year term had expired.
The NWC also lost its president, E.G. Hunter, who resigned last month.