Wayne Sutherland - Director

“Our company was founded by the identification of an opportunity that no one else perhaps thought of or saw as possible; that entrepreneurial spirit continues to play a key part in our success today.” 

Mr. Sutherland is the Managing Director of Jamaica Venture Fund Limited, a company that makes venture capital investments. He was appointed to the Board of JMMBTT in 2003 and also serves as a Director of Intercommercial Bank Limited, JMMBTT Investments (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, JMMBTT Securities (T&T) Limited and Intercommercial Trust and Merchant Bank Limited. He is the Chairman of JMMBTT Group Information Systems Committee and also sits on the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee. A former director of Jamaica's Securities Commission, (now the Financial Services Commission), he is currently chairman of Kencasa Construction & Project Management Limited and the St.Hugh's Preparatory School Board. He sits on several other Boards including Mapco Printers Limited.

Mr. Sutherland holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UWI and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Catherine Kumar - Director

Catherine Kumar is an Independent Director on the Boards of JMMB Bank (T&T) Limited, JMMB Express Finance Limited, JMMB Investments (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited and JMMB Securities (T&T) Limited. She is the Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee.

Catherine has held several senior leadership positions throughout her career such as President & Country Head of RBTT Bank Limited and Inspector of Financial Institutions at the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. She also served as the first female President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago and the Bankers’ Association of Trinidad and Tobago, and she also chaired the Caribbean Group of Banking Supervisors. She has served the country as a director on several State Boards and as a representative on other National committees. In 2009 she was inducted into the Hall of Excellence at her Alma Mater, St. Joseph’s Convent P.O.S, in recognition of her outstanding achievements in business. In 2014 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) from the University of the West Indies. In 2015 she received a national award in the category Business for her development of PLOTT- “The medal for the Development of Women -Gold”. In September 2016, she retired from her role as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary to the Board at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce – a position she took up in January 2010.

Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Management Studies, and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Kisha Anderson - Director

Emily Chee Wah - Director

“Transformational Coaching + Individual Effort = Sustained Results.”

Emily has 20+ years in the financial services sector, 15+ has been leading at Senior and Executive Levels (C Suite) at Citibank, Scotiabank and The Unit Trust Corporation. Positions included Vice President Country Risk Manager at Citibank, Chief Risk Officer at the TTUTC and Assistant General Manager as well as Director, Business Service Centre at Scotiabank.

She has a breadth of experience in the sector covering customer service, relationship management, risk management and operations. She has been known to take risks and to be a change agent in her corporate life, often taking on roles to expand her knowledge and scope. For example, choosing to move from Corporate Banking to head an Operational Team and a full-on centralization project bringing work from seven Caribbean countries into the “hub” located in Trinidad.

Emily is highly qualified with academic and professional qualifications that include an MBA in Business Studies (Heriot-Watt), BSC (UWI St Augustine 1st Class Honours), the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Certified Professional Coach designation.

She is very proud of her coaching designation that was attained through an intensive 16-month certified coach training program with InviteChange Inc., a US based company that is accredited with the International Coaching Federation. She has also trained and is now certified in Positive Intelligence as a Mental Fitness Coach. Other coach training include the Neuroscience of Change and she is currently pursuing courses in Positive Psychology and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Emily is passionate about developing people to become stronger leaders and sees coaching as her contribution to a better Trinidad and Tobago and a better world.

Carolyn DaCosta - Corporate Secretary

“We are always sensitive to the fact that, in enabling good corporate governance, we must balance the best interests of all our stakeholders.”

Carolyn has provided the JMMBTT Group with two decades of stellar service, beginning her stint in 1995 as a Branch Supervisor.

She has held several senior positions including Branch Manager for JMMBTT's flagship location, Settlement Manager, Technical Operations and Compliance Manager. She has operated in the role of Group Company Secretary since 2008. In this capacity, she has overarching responsibility for ensuring that the organisation complies with standard financial and legal practices and maintains the defined standards of corporate governance. As such, she oversees the establishment, implementation and monitoring of the Group's compliance and regulatory framework.

In keeping with JMMBTT's commitment to effective corporate governance, she ensures the compliance of all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, as well as the management of the internal audit process, monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action.

Carolyn's professional qualifications include a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London, A Bachelor of Arts from the University of the West Indies, and an MBA in Finance from the Manchester Business School. Additionally, she is a Fellow Member of the International Compliance Association and a Justice of the Peace for the parish of St. Catherine.