Rakesh Goswami

Rakesh Goswami was appointed Executive – Financial and Operational Efficiency at The Jamaica National Group in April 2024. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the annual external audit exercise, innovation and integration of the accounting systems, including establishing the accounting taxonomy for the Group, and process improvements. 

He joined the JN Group in 2020 as Managing Director, MCS Group, which comprise the non-financial, non-regulated companies of The Jamaica National Group Limited.

With more than 30 years of strategic management, leadership and operational management experience, Mr Goswami has a track record of developing strong managers and teams.  He previously worked with Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) initially as the Chief Financial Officer in 2007 and subsequently as Executive Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Enterprise & Tobago Operations until he took early retirement in 2019.

Mr Goswami started his career as Assistant Manager – Audit at Pannell Kerr Foster, London and then joined Pricewaterhouse (Jamaica) as Senior Consultant – Corporate Finance in 1991.  He worked with J. Wray and Nephew Limited as General Manager – Finance and Administration and as Chief Financial Officer for Cable and Wireless Jamaica.  In 2003 he joined R&R Resorts, LLC as Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operations Officer, in Georgia, USA, with responsibility for the overall operations of the marketing and reservations office in Atlanta and the smooth functioning of a multi-national wellness group, with resorts in Georgia, Costa Rica and Mexico.

A Chartered Accountant (ACA & FCA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Rakesh Goswami completed the B.A. (Hons) in Economics at the Delhi University, India.  He has lectured in Financial Statements Analysis for MSc International Finance Students at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad.