Jamaican Prime Minister Appoints Mining Expert as New Special Envoy

By: - February 14th, 2012

Above: Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller

Dr Carlton Davis, a former head of the Jamaica Civil Service, has been appointed an ambassador and special envoy in the Office of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

Davis, an expert on the bauxite and alumina industry, is also a former cabinet secretary.

He will advise the Prime Minister on a number of issues, including macro and microeconomic policy, the bauxite/alumina and energy sectors and foreign economic and political relations.

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