Patrick A. H Smith has had broad general management experience having worked for more than 30 years within the Caribbean and European industries. Mr. Smith began his career at the Kingston Export Free Zone as an Investment Promotion Manager in 1981. Over the next few decades he would fulfil several positions at various local and international business entities including: Marketing Manager at T Geddes Grant Group Jamaica Limited, General Manager at Jamaica Biscuit Company Limited, Business Unit Director [Caribbean] at British American Tobacco Caribbean and Central America. Most recently he held the role of Global Account Manager at Dunhill Cigars, British American Tobacco International in Switzerland. He has also served as the Chairman of Things Jamaican Limited and of Demerara Tobacco Company Limited in Guyana. He has previously served as a Director at the Export Import Bank of Jamaica, Carreras Limited, West Indian Tobacco Company Limited in Trinidad and Tobago, JAMPRO, and has been a Vice President of the Jamaica Exporters Association in the 1990’s. Mr Smith is now retired. He holds a BSc. in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies Mona and an M.B.A from Nova South Eastern University, Florida. H