Mr. Karl Townsend

Independent Director

Karl Townsend is currently the Chief Country Officer, Group Capital Markets Unit, Jamaica at JMMB Group Limited (“JMMBGL”), having joined Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (now JMMBGL) in 2011. Karl has over thirty years of banking, corporate finance, and investment banking/capital markets experience, garnered with the foremost financial institutions in Jamaica and overseas.

Karl holds a BSc. degree in Economics and Management from the University of the West Indies- Mona and an MBA (Finance) from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He has participated in several professional development courses in sales, sales management, credit risk and talent management. In addition, Karl has participated in executive development courses in Private Equity and Valuation at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania and Stern Business School, New York University respectively.

Karl is a Director of GWest Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and Winchester MRI Limited (an associate company of Image Plus Consultants Limited). He is a proud alumnus of St Jago High School and Past President of the St. Jago Past Students’ Association.