He also serves on numerous private and public sector Boards, including as Chairman of the Water Resources Authority and the National Works Agency. He also sits on the parent Board of the GraceKennedy Group, as well as two of its subsidiaries – Grace Foods and Hi-Lo Food Stores – and its Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. He also serves on the Boards of a media company, real estate development firm, and a social development and services organization.
He previously served on the Board of the National Housing Trust, including its Technical Committee, and as the Chairman of its Human Resources and Policy Committee, as well as the Boards of the JN General Insurance Company (previously NEM Insurance), and the Jamaica Automobile Association. He was also previously the Head of Department of Geography and Geology at UWI.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Geography from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Earth Science with First Class Honours from the UWI.
He is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed books, papers, book chapters, magazine articles and consultancy technical reports in fields as varied as business, crime, geology, planetary science, archaeology, GPS technology, and education. His first book, the Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica, has won multiple publisher awards.
He has received numerous local and international awards, most recently being awarded the 2014 US Eisenhower Fellowship, joining a select group of international professionals.
