MRS. SANCIA BENNETT-TEMPLER
ACTING PRESIDENT, JAMPRO

Mrs. Sancia Bennett-Templer was appointed Acting President of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica’s investment and export promotion agency, effective June 01, 2006, having joined the organization as Deputy President in April of that same year.

Mrs. Templer is primarily responsible for overseeing strategies geared at increasing the levels of investment in targeted industry sectors, as well as to develop the export sector with a view to increasing the country’s foreign exchange earnings.

Before joining JAMPRO, Mrs. Bennett-Templer was Senior Vice President, Planning and Corporate Development at the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), where she was responsible for the commercial, marketing, corporate planning and information technology functions. During her tenure at the AAJ Mrs. Bennett-Templer contributed significantly to the privatization of the Sangster International Airport (SIA) and subsequently assumed responsibility for the management of the Concession Agreement with the private operator, MBJ Airports Ltd. In addition she managed and coordinated a Multi-lateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank project to prepare the airport sector for privatisation.

More recently Mrs. Bennett-Templer spearheaded negotiations for the financing of the Phase 2 project for SIA on behalf of the AAJ and was also responsible for securing financing for the US$80M expansion and upgrading project for the Norman Manley International Airport. Additionally, Mrs. Bennett-Templer established the Marketing and Commercial Development Division at the AAJ and implemented procedures and concepts which saw the international airports introduce up-to-date commercial operations and services and modern merchandising systems, which resulted in substantially increased revenues to the airports and enhanced levels of service to the traveling public.

Mrs. Bennett-Templer also has significant private sector experience having served as General Manager and then Managing Director of International Shipping Limited, a subsidiary of Grace Kennedy and Company Limited, and the then local agents for Zim Container Service. As a female pioneer in the shipping industry, she developed and expanded International Shipping from one of the smallest Steamship Agencies in the industry to the largest in respect of tonnage handled.

A graduate of the University of the West Indies and Plymouth Polytechnic in England, Mrs. Bennett-Templer holds an Executive Masters in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Management Studies and a Master of Science in International Shipping. She is a Certified Member of the American Association of Airport Executives & International Association of Airport Executives and has served as a member of Jamaica’s Air Policy Committee. Mrs Bennett Templer is married to Julian Templer and has two children, Lindsay and Gavin.