A. Mark Hart, J.P.
A. Mark Hart, J.P.Executive Chairman
Mr. Hart is a founding member of Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited. He served as the company’s CEO from 2004 until 2011, after which he became the Executive Chairman. The Hart family has played an integral role in the development of the city of Montego Bay.
Thomas Tyler
Thomas TylerCo-Chairman
Thomas (Tom) Tyler is a founding member of Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited. He served as the company’s CEO from 2011 to 2016. He is currently the company’s Co-Chairman, where he maintains strong vendor and customer relations that fuels the rapid growth of the company and has established Caribbean Producers as the leading food service company in Jamaica. The Tyler family has played an important role in the development of Jamaica’s hospitality industry for over 40 years.
Candace Hart
Candace HartExecutive Director
Candace Hart joined CPJ in September 2018 in Special Projects and Change Management. She has been focused on data management, information technology and process implementation in the company. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Miami and brings her experience working with large data sets from her published research work on several grants funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Candace moved to Montego Bay in 1997. She initially worked with the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI), a non-profit focusing on the care of the homeless mentally ill and serves on the board of Hanover Charities and Fairfield International Academy.
Theresa Chin
Theresa ChinNon-Executive Director and Company Secretary
Theresa Chin is a graduate of York University, Toronto Canada where she gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. Mrs. Chin has worked with the Hart family shareholders since 1993. She is currently the Managing Director of Montego Bay Ice Company Limited, as well as acting as Financial Manager for most of the other Hart group companies.
Christopher Berry
Christopher Berry Non-Executive Independent Director
Christopher Berry has been the Executive Chairman of Mayberry Investments Limited since 1993. A former Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, he also sits on several boards, including the Lasco Financial Services, Apex Health Care Associates Limited and Apex Pharmacy Limited.
Ronald Schrager
Ronald SchragerNon-Executive Director
Mr. Schrager is a principal and co-founder of Eightfold Real Estate Capital, LP a real estate investment and advisory firm. Prior to forming Eightfold, Mr. Schrager was the Chief Operating Officer of LNR Property LLC of the USA, from May 2003 until December 2010. In 1997, Mr. Schrager came to Lennar from Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) in New York.
Mark Hall
Mark HallNon-Executive Independent Director
For the past 25 years, Mark Hall has been the CEO of Hall’s Investment Limited, operating the IGL filling plant franchise and Boomerang Tyre Sales in Western Jamaica. As an independent Non – Executive member of the Board, Mr. Hall will also serve as the Chairman of the Compensation Committees and a member of the Audit committee of the Board
L. Camille Shields
L. Camille ShieldsNon-Executive Independent Director
L. Camille Shields is a Barrister and Attorney-at-Law with more than 12 combined years of experience in both the Jurisdictions of England & Wales and Jamaica. She has extensive international experience and a client-base spanning multiple industries representing companies and individuals in Jamaica and overseas.
Konrad Mark Berry
Konrad Mark Berry Non-Executive Independent Director
Konrad Berry joined Mayberry Investments Limited at its inception and was one of its founding Directors. He has been the Company Secretary since 1985, Finance Director between 1992 and 1995 and in 1999 assumed the position of Vice Chairman. He has over thirty (30) years of experience in the securities industry.
Frank O Dowd
Frank O DowdNon-Executive Independent Director
Mr. O’Dowd has held multiple senior management positions and is currently Managing Director of BFC Advisors, a foodservice consulting firm. Most recently he was CIO and CAO of Chefs Warehouse from 2007-2017. During that time period the Company grew from $200M to over a billion in annual revenues and had an IPO and is listed on the Nasdaq. Prior to Chefs Warehouse, Frank was the CIO at GAF Materials Corporation the largest roofing manufacturer in North America. Frank also worked in the pharmaceutical and publishing industries. He has an undergraduate degree from University of Dayton and a graduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.