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John Pringle 1963-1967
 
-JAMAICA’S FIRST DIRECTOR OF TOURISM
 
Dynamic, creative and innovative are just some of the adjectives which have been used to describe John Pringle, C.B.E., Jamaica's first Director of Tourism. His vision and foresight, helped to transform tourism from a marginal enterprise to an industry, which now commands pride of place in the Caribbean and is the island's major economic mainstay.
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E. Stewart Sharpe 1967- 1970
 
E. Stuart Sharpe has had extensive experience in almost every phase of the tourist industry in Jamaica and overseas, and as Director of Sales and Promotion of the Jamaica Tourist Board from 1963 until 1967, he traveled widely and was deeply involved in the promotion of the island’s fantastic tourist growth.
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Eric Anthony Abrahams 1970-1975
 
Eric Anthony Abrahams, B.A., Radio and Television Personality and Producer; Co-Host of the Breakfast Club radio Programmed since 1990; Former President of Oxford Union.
Born: St. Andrew, Jamaica, May 5, 1940; son of Eric Abrahams, Businessman, and Lucille Abrahams (both dec’d).
Educated: Jamaica College; University of the West Indies; Oxford University (Awarded Rhodes Scholarship).
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Adrian Robinson 1975-1978 
 
ROBINSON, Adrian Amery Constantine; Chairman & Managing Director, The Marketing Counselors Ltd. (Advertising Agents) since January 1987.
Organisations: Mason, Jamaica College Old Boys’ Lodge; Chairman, Jamaica Tourist Board.
Born: Blackstonedge, St. Ann, May 22, 1935; son of Alan Alexander Robinson, and Florette Alma Bell-Robinson.
Educated: Clarendon College; Jamaica College; Harvard University.
Career:  Former Programme Manager, Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation; General Manager, Gerry Dunlop Associates (Advertising); Chairman, C.G.R. Communication Ltd. 1971-75, 1978-86; Director of Tourism 1975-78.
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Desmond Henry 1978-1980

Desmond Blair Henry J.P., B.Sc.; Public Relations/Marketing Consultant; Former Director, Jamaica Special Overseas Promotions Office based in New York.
Born: Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, February 4, 1935, son of the late Bernard Henry and Jemima Blair-Henry.
Educated: Pedro Plains Primary School, Cornwall College, Point Park College, Pittsburg (U.S.A.)
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John Gentles 1980-1984
 
- INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF THE 80’S

John Gentles became the Director of Tourism in 1980.  His directorship lasted for four years until 1984.  He took over the reins at a time when his energies had to be centered on regaining a growth path for Jamaica’s tourism.  He was instrumental in setting the stage for the phenomenal growth of the eighties.
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Carole Guntley-Brady 1984-1990
 
Carrole Ann Marie Guntley Dip. Inst. Ad., B.A.A.; Tourism executive: Director General, Ministry of Tourism and Sport; Area Manager, Jamaica and Western Caribbean, BWIA Int’l. Ltd. since April 1992.
 
Organisation: St. Patrick’s Foundation; Brooklyn Trading Company.
 
Born: Kingston, June 22, 1948; daughter of Sidney Guntley, Merchant, and Mae Oreta Guntley, Housewife (both dec’d).
 
Educated: St. Hugh’s High School; Ryerson Polytechnic Institute.
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Robert Stephens 1990 – Aug. 1992
 
Robert Merrick Stephens B. Eng. (Civil), M.B.A., P.M.P., Senior Vice President, Port Authority of Jamaica; President, Pragma Consultants Ltd.; Chairman, Jamaica Conservation Development Trust; Tourism Industry Advisory Council; Green Expo; Director, Port Royal  Development Co. Ltd.; Free Zone/Factories Corporation of Jamaica; Kingston City Centre Improvement Company; Clarendon Alumina Production Ltd.; Ciboney Group Ltd.; Décor and Dash Ltd.; Port Royal Environment Management Trust; Past President, Professional Societies Association in Jamaica; Institute of Management Consultants of Jamaica; Munro College Old Boys Association.
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Fay Pickersgill 1994 - 2003
 
-ONE OF THE 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN THE TRAVEL BUSINESS
 
Mrs. Fay Pickersgill, the Executive director of Tourism Action Plan Ltd. (TAP) and wife of Anthony Pickersgill, the brother of Minister of Public Utilities, Mining and Energy, Robert Pickersgill is the new director of Tourism.  Her appointment comes two years after the then Director of Tourism, Robert Stevens, quit the post.
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Paul Pennicook 2003 - 2006
 
-STALWART IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
 
Mr. Paul Pennicook is a graduate of the school of hotel administration at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.  
 
An experienced hotelier, Mr. Pennicook started his career at the Montego Beach Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica.  While at Cornell and immediately after, he worked at the Sheraton Hotel and Statler Inn both in Ithaca, New York before returning to his native home in Jamaica.