New ICAJ Leadership Elected For 2005/2006

Mr. Leighton McKnight, FCA, FCCA, BSc. was elected President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) for 2005/2006, following the 40th Annual General Meeting held on July 27th at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

Mr. McKnight is an Audit Partner in the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers with responsibility for staff recruitment and a number of the firm's major audit clients. He has served as Vice President of the Institute in 2003 and 2004. He was first elected to the Council of the ICAJ in 1997 and has chaired the Institute's Audit Practice Committee.

Miss Prunella Vassell, FCA, FCCA, an Associate in charge of Audit Services and Tax Consultancy at Paul Goldson & Company, was elected Vice President.

She was first elected to the Council of the ICAJ in July 1997 and has served as Treasurer and Chairperson of the Institute's Finance Committee for the past six years. Miss Vassell was Chairperson of the Students' Affairs and Taxation Committees from 1997 to 2001 and Chairperson of the Public Relations/Publications Committee for the past three years, having served as member of that Committee since 1993.

Principal Officers for 2005/2006 are:
 Mr. Archibald Campbell, Lecturer, Department of Management Studies, UWI, was elected to serve as Treasurer, and Mr. Victor Markman, Managing Partner, BDO Jamaica, was re-appointed as Secretary.

Other Council members for 2005/2006 are: 
Mrs. Ann Marie Rhoden, Miss Vintoria Bernard, Mr. Linroy Marshall, Mr. L. Garth Kiddoe, Mr. Dennis Chung, Mr. Patrick Chin, Mr. Dennis Brown, Mr. Martin Gooden and Mr. Carey Metz.



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