MichaelGentles
Appointed Postmaster General

The Chairman of the Board of the Postal Corporation of Jamaica, Mr Lance Hylton, is pleased to announce the appointment by the Public Service Commission of Mr. Michael Gentles as Postmaster General of Jamaica, with effect from August 1, 2006. Mr. Gentles will also serve as Chief Executive Officer of The Postal Corporation of Jamaica.

In making the announcement Mr Hylton identifies Gentles' impeccable academic credentials, on-the-job training, proven management skills, public sector experience and private sector vision as an ideal blend of characteristics that make him eminently suitable for the challenging task of consolidating and advancing the gains of the Post Office while guiding it towards its goal of modernisation and viability.

The new PMG/CEO has played a major role in enhancing the postal service's corporate image in various capacities: firstly as a Deputy Postmaster General with portfolio responsibility for Operations and since October 2005 as Acting Postmaster General/CEO.

During his tenure as Deputy PMG, Operations, he created the framework for the postal service's most outstanding and sustained mail delivery performance in Jamaica's history. The resulting heightened public and business confidence in the Post Office has charted a course for continuous revenue growth.

As Acting PMG/CEO Mr. Gentles has represented his country in several overseas fora with such distinction that he was recently recognised by his colleagues across the region by being unanimously elected as the General Secretary of the Caribbean Postal Union (CPU).

Mr. Gentles is a graduate of Knox College, and holds a BSc degree (economics and management studies) from the University of the West Indies (Mona) and an MBA from Barry University in the United States.