M private sectors spanning over three decades. He is currently the President and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica, a position he has held since May 2017, and serves on the Boards of all Sagicor Group Jamaica companies in Jamaica, Cayman, and Costa Rica. Mr. Zacca is Chairman of the Board of the Sagicor Jamaica Foundation, a registered charity that plays a significant role in supporting health and education initiatives and sponsors the annual Sagicor Sigma Run for Charity. He has held senior executive positions at Desnoes and Geddes (Red Stripe), the ATL/ Sandals Group, and Air Jamaica Ltd., where he served as CEO and Deputy Chairman between 1998 and 2004. He has also served as President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) for five terms, from 2007 to 2009 and 2012 to 2014. The distinguished Jamaican business magnate has served on several other private sector boards, including Playa Hotels and Resorts (NASDAQ: PLYA), Sandals Resorts, Air Jamaica, and the Jamaica Observer newspaper. He is a founding member of the public/private Economic Program Oversight Committee (EPOC), which provided oversight to the implementation of the GOJ/IMF 2013 Agreement that transformed Jamaica’s fiscal management, and a conceptualizer and member of the public/private Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET). Mr. Zacca holds an MBA from the University of Florida and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In recognition of his invaluable contribution to the private and public sectors in Jamaica, he was conferred with the National Honour of the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) in 2014. Mr. Zacca received the Jamaica Observer 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for Business and the UWI Mona School of Business Management’s Outstanding Business Leader Award in 2023. He is also the recipient of the American Friends of Jamaica International Achievement Award in 2024. 13 HONORARY GRADUAND Mr. Christopher Zacca, CD r. Christopher Zacca is a prominent Jamaican business leader with a wealth of business and management experience in both the public and
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