Hon. Nigel Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance and the Public Service | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Holness |
| Preceded by | Audley Shaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1971 |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford; The University of the West Indies, Mona; Munro College |
| Occupation | Jamaican government official, company director, business executive and statesman |
| Profession | Politician, Statistician |
Nigel Andrew Lincoln Clarke (born 20 October 1971) is the Minister of Finance and the Public Service of Jamaica. He is a Jamaican Member of Parliament, company director, business executive and statesman. On 26 August 2024, Clarke was announced as the incoming Deputy Managing Director for the International Monetary Fund.[1]
He has previously served as chairman or director for over 20 Jamaican public and private sector economic enterprises. His public sector directorships have included the Bank of Jamaica[2] (Jamaica's central bank and financial services regulator); Chairman of the Port Authority of Jamaica (the regulator of Jamaica's ports and the developer and owner of Jamaica's cargo and cruise ports); Chairman of the National Housing Trust (Jamaica's state-owned mortgage lender and housing developer)[3][4] and Chairman of the HEART Trust NTA (Jamaica's largest tertiary level vocational training and certification institution).[5]
Prior to his government service, Clarke served as Vice Chairman of the Musson Group, having served previously as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Group and as chief executive officer of its major subsidiaries. Clarke played an integral executive leadership role in the expansion of the Musson Group from a substantially Jamaican base to having operations and subsidiaries in over 30 countries with over US$1 billion in revenues and market leading businesses in telecommunications, information technology, consumer goods and food manufacturing.[6] The Musson Group is a leading Jamaica-based multinational with four associated companies that are listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange and over 50 other privately held subsidiaries and associated companies. Clarke's executive business experience spanned leadership of transnational mergers and acquisitions, corporate leadership, business development and emerging market business leadership.[7]
- ^ "IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Proposes Appointment of Mr. Nigel Clarke as Deputy Managing Director". IMF. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Boj Annual Report 2010" (PDF). bank of Jamaica Annual Report.
- ^ "NHT on track for 15,000 – Clarke". jamaica-gleaner.com. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "NHT on Ambitious Housing Drive – NHT Chairman – Jamaica Information Service". Jamaica Information Service. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "HEART launches first workforce college, business incubator". jamaica-gleaner.com. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Edwards, Al (1 October 2010). "Facey Commodity's PBS extends Caribbean footprint". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "The Private Eye eZine". Issuu. October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2018.