Aubyn Hill is the Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Strategies Ltd., a financial advisory, restructuring and consulting firm. In July 2005 he was appointed by the then Minister of Finance to a three-year term as Chairman of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ). In early October 2007, one month after forming the new government on winning the general election, Prime Minister Bruce Golding and his cabinet appointed Aubyn to head the negotiating team which will meet with a short list of eight international firms vying to secure the 40,000 hectares of sugar cane lands and factories that the government of Jamaica is seeking to divest.

After 25 years in the banking industry overseas, Aubyn served as Group Managing Director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) from September 1, 2002 to November 30, 2004. Three days later he was appointed to the interim board and to act in the consultant role of Chief Restructuring Officer of the ailing national airline, Air Jamaica.

During his two years as leader of the NCB management team, net profit moved from J$317million at September 2002 to J$3.2 billion at the end of September 2004. The stock price increased from J$5.50 when he joined to reach a high of J$31.50 about 19 months later.

A graduate of Munro College, in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, and the Harvard Business School, Boston, where he earned his MBA degree, Aubyn’s career as a banker began in 1978 when he joined American Express International Banking Corporation (AEIBC) headquartered in New York directly from business school. Subsequently, Aubyn served in senior positions at AEIBC’s offices in Italy, India, Sri Lanka, and Bahrain, worked for eight years in Burgan Bank, Kuwait, and was the CEO of the National Bank of Oman for 11 years. Aubyn has lived in 10 countries in the West, the Middle East, Europe and Asia and has done business in about 100 countries in total.

Aubyn is also a board member of:

· Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd

· Advantage General Insurance Company Ltd [formerly United General Insurance Company Ltd]

· NationGrowth MicroFinance Ltd

· Commissioner’s Strategic Implementation Board of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (Chairman)

· Kingston City Centre Improvement Company (Deputy Chairman)

An avid sports enthusiast, Aubyn reads widely and maintains an interest in the effect of finance on politics. He is married with two children. To learn more about Aubyn Hill, visit websites: www.aubynhill.com and www.corp-strat.com