On Saturday, June 18th, the GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) and its partners mobilised volunteers to remove more than 874 pounds of waste from the shoreline adjacent to the Kingston Pen Gully in downtown Kingston. The cleanup was carried out under the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project, which is being delivered by between GKF, The Ocean Cleanup and …

Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this month GraceKennedy (GK) is hosting four university students of Jamaican heritage from the USA, UK and Canada in Jamaica, as participants in its 2022 Birthright Programme. The programme is designed to anchor the students’ roots in Jamaica’s rich heritage and culture.

GraceKennedy Limited (GKL) has advised of the appointment of Mr. Radcliffe Daley as the Acting President & Chief Executive Officer of First Global Bank (FGB) Limited, following the resignation of Mrs. Mariame McIntosh Robinson, effective July 18, 2022. Mr. Daley is currently the Chief Operating Officer of FGB and has over thirty (30) years’ experience …

GraceKennedy (GK) has announced that the investment and advisory arm of its GraceKennedy Financial Group (GKFG), GK Capital Management Limited (GK Capital), has signed a joint venture agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation (TTUTC). The new venture, which remains subject to the requisite regulatory approvals, will allow GK and TTUTC to partner …

GK Employee Appreciation Week 2022 gets underway Happy employees make successful companies. This was the perspective shared by Group CEO of GraceKennedy (GK), Don Wehby at the Company’s Devotion with a Difference, which kicked off GK’s Employee Appreciation Week (EAW) activities on Monday. The special 100th anniversary (GK100) inter-faith edition of GK’s groupwide devotion was …

REVENUES UP J$4.9 BILLION OVER PRIOR YEAR; PROFITS UP J$53.9 MILLION GraceKennedy (GK) has released its unaudited financial results for the three-month period ending March 31, 2022. The Company maintained a stable performance for the first quarter of the year, achieving robust revenues of J$36.26 billion, an increase of 15.5% or J$4.86 billion over the …

Profit-before-tax up 197% over corresponding period of last year Key Insurance Company Limited (Key) continues to deliver strong financial results and has announced a strong 2022 first-quarter performance. In its unaudited first-quarter financial results for the three-month period ending March 31, 2022, the Company reported Profit-Before-Tax (PBT) of $3.4 million, which is a 197% increase …

GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has invited Jamaican students who will be studying at local universities to apply to its annual scholarship programme. The Foundation is offering over J$25 million in scholarships to students attending The University of the West Indies, the University of Technology Jamaica, the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and …

Following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GraceKennedy (GK) Group will resume its Birthright Programme in 2022. Under the internship programme this summer GK will accommodate four university students of Jamaican descent from the USA, UK and Canada for a five-week professional and cultural immersion experience.

Wehby, GraceKennedy honoured for Excellence in Global Business Leadership at AFUWI Gala GraceKennedy (GK) was well represented at the 25th Annual Legacy Awards Gala of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) on Thursday night (April 21) in NYC, as the GK team came out to support GK Group CEO Don …

The GraceKennedy (GK) Group has announced that it has entered into an agreement with entrepreneur and information technologist Larren Peart to make a private equity investment in Bluedot. Bluedot was founded by Peart in 2016, and is a full-service research and data intelligence consultancy, which uses data collection and analytics to inform business insights and …

GraceKennedy excited to celebrate GK100 at the 2022 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Championships Excitement was in the air as the GraceKennedy (GK) team joined the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) and other stakeholders at this morning’s launch of the 2022 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium in Kingston. The launch, which …

CEO of the GraceKennedy (GK) Group and Chairman of the GK Financial Group (GKFG) Don Wehby has announced the appointment of Steven Whittingham as the new Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GKFG, effective April 1, 2022. In his new role Whittingham will assume a greater leadership role at GKFG in line with GK’s robust succession …

A video stream from GraceKennedy’s Investors’ Briefing held on March 9, 2022, to discuss the company’s 2021 annual financial results can be accessed below:

Don Wehby, Group Chief Executive Officer, GraceKennedy Limited  invites you to a virtual investor briefing to discuss the 2021 annual results of the GraceKennedy Group on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. The briefing will be hosted online via Zoom at 2:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time) (-5 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)). Streaming Details: Register in advance for this webinar: …

2021 revenues up J$13.9 billion or 12% over prior year; profit after tax up 30.4% GraceKennedy (GK) has released its annual financial results for the period ended December 31, 2021.  In a year which continued to be characterised by the COVID-19 pandemic, GK defied the odds and delivered outstanding results in 2021, building on its …

Key Insurance Company Limited (Key) continues to deliver strong financial results and has announced that it recorded its best performance in seven years in the last quarter of 2021. On Monday, the Company released its unaudited fourth quarter financial results for the period and the year ending December 31, 2021. In 2021 Key recorded profit …

GK Capital Management Limited (GK Capital) has announced that it has received approval from the Financial Services Commission (FSC) to enter the Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) market in Jamaica. This approval will allow GK Capital to offer mutual fund products through a newly incorporated entity, GK Mutual Funds Limited (GK Mutual Funds). Commenting on the …

The GraceKennedy Foundation (GKF) has announced that it is collaborating with The Ocean Cleanup, and Clean Harbours Jamaica (CHJ) Limited to implement a pilot project to prevent waste from entering the Kingston Harbour. The pilot project between GKF, CHJ and the Dutch non-profit environmental organisation whose mission is to rid the oceans of plastic, involves …

GraceKennedy kicks off its 100th anniversary celebrations by gifting its staff shares The GraceKennedy Group has launched its 100th anniversary celebrations (GK100) with the announcement of a share offer for its over 2000 employees. The announcement of the offer, which is geared at broadening the share ownership of the GraceKennedy (GK) team in the Company, …