Mr. Patrick Williams was appointed Chairman of Salada in March 2015 and has been a Director since February 2012. Mr. Williams is Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit and the Procurement Committees.
Mr. Williams is a senior executive of the ICWI Group Limited, a leading general insurer in the English-speaking Caribbean.
He is a member of the Board of Ideal Portfolio Services, Ideal Finance Corporation, Hardware & Lumber and the University Hospital of the West Indies Private Wing Limited (Tony Thwaites Wing).
Mr. Williams is a graduate of the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York with a Master of Business Administration in Finance and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology and Zoology from the University of Toronto.
Mr. Michael Bernard has been a Director of Salada since November 2002. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Bernard is the Executive Chairman of Spike Industries Limited, and Chairman of Catherine’s Peak Bottling Company Limited, Pioneer Manufacturing and Distribution Company Limited and One on One Educational Services Limited as well as his alma mater, Jamaica College.
He is a former General Manager of Jamaica Biscuit Company and former Managing Director of both the Cigarette Company of Jamaica Limited, the Agricultural Products of Jamaica Limited and Carreras Limited. He is a Director of Hardware & Lumber Limited, Grace Kennedy General Insurance Company Limited and Sterling Investments Limited.
Mr. Bernard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management from Washington State University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.
Ms. Kathryn Lewis has been a Director of Salada since February 2012. She is Chairperson of the Audit and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Ms. Lewis is a founding partner of Lewis, Smith, Williams & Company, Attorneys-at-Law and Trademark Agents. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from McMaster University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Liverpool, a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School and a Master of Business Administration from the Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies. She was admitted to the Jamaican bar in 2011.
Mr. Eric Stultz has been a Director of Salada since January 2008. He is Chairman of the Procurement Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Stultz is currently the General Manager of Baking Enterprises Limited and has worked for the National Continental Corporation since 1980 in various senior capacities. He is a graduate of St. George’s College.
Tracy-Ann Spence is the Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, where she has strategic oversight for Sagicor Investments Jamaica and Group Treasury & Asset Management. Prior to joining Sagicor, she worked with the NCB Financial Group for 20 years, with her most recent role as Chief Operating Officer at NCB Capital Markets Limited.
She has been working in the financial industry for over 20 years and counts a BSc in Applied
Mathematics from York University in Toronto, an MBA in Banking and Finance (with
distinction) from the University of the West Indies and a Project Management Professional
(PMP) Certification from the Project Management Institute among her educational
achievements. She has also completed the “Director’s Strategic Guide to Corporate
Governance and Leadership” offered by the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Tracy-Ann currently sits on the boards of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf, tTech Limited, Mailpac Group Limited, the Jamaica Stock Exchange and Salada Foods Jamaica Limited.
Ms. Michelle Smith was appointed Company Secretary of Salada and its subsidiaries effective April 2015.
Ms. Smith is currently the Managing Partner of Lewis, Smith, Williams & Company, Attorneys-at-Law and Trademark Agents. She heads the firm’s Commercial Division and Dispute Resolution Department.
She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Bachelor of Laws degree. She also holds a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School and a Master of Laws in International and Commercial Dispute Resolution Law from the University of Westminster.
Ms. Smith was admitted to the Jamaican bar in 2005 and was also called to the bars of Anguilla in 2006 and St. Kitts and Nevis in 2007.
