Alan Ryder

Director at Sagicor Financial

Dr. Stephen McNamara is Vice-Chair of the Board (the “Vice- Chair”) and is a director of Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited and serves on the board of a number of other subsidiaries within the Sagicor Group of companies, including as Chairman of Sagicor’s main operating subsidiaries, Sagicor Life Inc., Sagicor USA and Sagicor Finance Inc. Mr McNamara was also Chairman of SFCL between January 2010 and December 2019. The senior partner of McNamara & Company, Attorneys-at-Law of St. Lucia, Mr McNamara was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn and in St. Lucia in 1972. He specialises in the representation of foreign investors in St. Lucia in the tourism, manufacturing and banking sectors and served as Chairman of the St. Lucia Tourist Board for nine years. His St. Lucia-based service also includes the board of directors of St. Lucia Electricity Services Ltd. where he served as Chairman from 2015 until his retirement at the end of 2017, and as President of the St. Lucia Tennis Association.

In the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Mr McNamara was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for public service and services to the legal profession. Also, in 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies for his outstanding achievements and contribution to the region in the areas of business, sport and general philanthropy for more than 40 years.