G. Raymond Chang was appointed a Director of GraceKennedy Limited on March 17, 2004. He is a member of GraceKennedy’s Corporate Governance & Nomination committee and Chairman of its Compensation sub-committee. He is also a member of the Board of GraceKennedy companies – GraceKennedy Financial Group Limited, First Global Holdings Limitexsdd and First Global Bank Limited.
Mr. Chang is a well-respected business leader and philanthropist in Jamaica and Canada. He is former Chair of CI Financial, Canada’s third largest mutual funds and investment company and is currently a Director on the CI Board.
G. Raymond Chang is also Chancellor of Ryerson, one of Canada’s leading universities and has been a champion of lifelong learning and health care, doing good works also in Jamaica with his alma mater St. George’s College and the University of the West Indies. He is also a Governor of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
In 2003 Mr. Chang was honoured with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Services to Jamaica. In 2011 he was conferred the Order of Jamaica.
A graduate of the University of Toronto where he earned a B.A. Sc., in Engineering, Mr. Chang is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.