Lumber Depot

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JEFFREY HALL, BA, MPP, JD
Chairman and Mentor

Mr. Hall is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Lumber Depot Limited and the Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Producers Group Limited. He is also the Chairman of Kingston Wharves Limited, Scotia Group Jamaica Limited and a member of the Board of Directors of several companies, including Blue Power Group Limited and Eppley Caribbean Property Fund Limited SSC. He has practiced as an Attorney-at-Law and has served as a Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange and the Bank of Jamaica.

Mr. Hall is a graduate of Harvard Law School; and holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, USA. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics from Washington University, USA.

MAJOR (RET’D) NOEL DAWES
Dip Mgmt
Managing Director

Major (Ret’d) Noel Dawes is the Managing Director of the Company and also serves as a Director of Blue Power Group Limited. He has been a member of the Hardware Business’ executive team since it commenced operations at the Papine location in November 1999.

Prior to joining the hardware business, Major Dawes served as a commissioned officer in the Jamaica Defence Force for over 10 years. In that capacity he trained at various military institutions in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Besides his military qualifications Major Dawes holds a Diploma in management from the Jamaica Institute of Management.

VIKRAM DHIMAN
BSC FCA, MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director

Vikram Dhiman is the Chief Operating Officer of ICD Group Holdings Limited, a Jamaican-based Investment Holding Company with regional and global interests in Real Estate, Construction, Property Management, General Insurance, Insurance Broking, Business Process Outsourcing and E-Commerce businesses.
Mr Dhiman attained a First Class Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Christ Church College (1987) Kanpur India; is a past member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica and has passed the CPA examination of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France (2000).

LISA KONG
Level 2 ACCA, Dip. BA
Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary

Lisa Kong is the Company Secretary of Lumber Depot Limited. She was formerly the General Manager of Blue Power Group Limited (BPG). Ms. Kong was also the Financial Controller of BPG.

Prior to BPG Ms. Kong was the Financial Controller at Caribbean Casting and Engineering Limited, Delta Supply Company, Automotive Power Limited and Silver Sands Estate and has held accountancy roles at Neal and Massey Jamaica Limited and KPMG.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER (RET’D) GEORGE OVERTON JP
Independent Non-Executive Director

Lt Cdr. (Ret’d) George Overton represents the Guardsman Group at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) where he chairs the Standing Committee on National Security and Justice.

For the past eight years, he has served as the president of the Jamaica Society for Industrial Security (JSIS) and is currently the second vice-president of the St. Andrew Justices of the Peace Association.

He served the country as a naval officer where he developed his skills as a security consultant and received training at the Britannia Naval College and U.S. Naval War College.

PAUL B SCOTT
Independent Non-Executive Director

Paul B. Scott is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal shareholder of the Musson Group.

Mr. Scott has worked extensively in Jamaica in various capacities.

MELANIE SUBRATIE
Independent Non-Executive Director

Melanie Subratie, Deputy Chairman of Musson (Jamaica) Limited is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Motta Limited and Felton Property Management.

Ms. Subratie has worked extensively in Jamaica in various capacities.

We stock an extensive inventory of construction and hardware supplies,
from lumber to concrete blocks to paint, and everything in between.

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