Mrs. Marie Stewart Lewin has been Executive, Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), The Jamaica National Group since June 2019. She serves as the primary contact for matters pertaining to the CEO and acts as liaison to the JN Group’s board of directors and senior management teams.
She also plans and executes initiatives and special projects, including: the biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conferences; annual JN Outlook for the Future forums in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States of America; as well as, the Governor-General’s Programme for Excellence.
Mrs. Stewart Lewin joined the Corporate Communications department of the former Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) as a Communications Assistant in 2003. She was promoted to Assistant Communications Manager in 2006 and to Manager of the department in 2007.
In January 2011, she was appointed Research Manager for JNBS, with responsibility to develop the JN research agenda; and to plan and execute presentations related to JNBS member companies. Mrs. Stewart Lewin was subsequently promoted to Senior Manager, Research & Public Relations in December 2011. She assumed the post of Senior Manager, Special Assistant to the JNBS General Manager in 2014 and continued in this role, when JNBS was restructured to The Jamaica National Group in 2017.
Mrs. Stewart Lewin previously worked at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) as a Television Producer/Director and was a Senior Television Producer/Presenter for nine years.
She completed the Master of Business Administration, International Business with the University of Liverpool (Laureate); the Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies and the Bachelor of Arts degree in history, both from The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona. She has benefited from a diploma programme and numerous courses in journalism, communications, public relations, public speaking, protocol and business etiquette; as well as, training in radio and television programme production; voice and speech presentation.
She was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Parish of St. Andrew in 2012; and is an Observer on the Advisory Board of Governor-General Programme for Excellence; as well as Chairperson of the Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre Thrift Club, since 1997.
Mrs. Stewart Lewin was also a member of the Inter-American Business Communicators Association 2003-2006; and an Affiliate Member of the Public Relations Society of Jamaica, 2003-2006.
