Jamaican investment company VM Investments Limited has announced the appointment of experienced financial services professional and change management consultant, Bridget Lewis, to its Board of Directors effective December 1, 2021.

Lewis has accumulated more than 25 years of extensive cross-functional, multijurisdictional, financial industry experience, specialising in the development of wealth management strategies for high net worth persons and their private companies.

In announcing the appointment, VM Investments Chairman Michael McMorris said Lewis’ appointment to the Board of Directors is in line with VM Investments’ growth ambitions in Jamaica and the region.

“Bridget brings valuable skillsets and experience to the table that complements the existing talent and expertise of the Board well. We welcome her to VMIL and look forward to her contribution to the development and growth of the business,” McMorris explained.

Lewis has held several leadership roles in Wealth Management & Personal Banking with Citi and Scotiabank in Jamaica and Canada, culminating in her position as Director, Global Wealth Management Credit Policy and Process from October 2014 to April 2016.

CO-FOUNDED SHELEADSIT

Since May 2016, Lewis has been Managing Principal Consultant at Cotton Tree Consulting, working with clients to advance business objectives, improve organizational efficiencies and promote sustainable profitable growth and development.

Lewis is currently providing change management consulting services to the Government of Barbados’ Ministry of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology – a role she has held since July 2019. Her primary focus is on creating and implementing change management strategies and plans for the Government’s Public Sector Modernization Programme.

In January 2018, Lewis co-founded SheLeadsIT, a social enterprise operating in Switzerland, Canada and Jamaica with initiatives in the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. SheLeadsIT focuses on creating opportunities for women and girls to be economically and socially empowered, and to bring about transformational change in their lives and communities.

In 2019, Lewis co-founded Caribbean Girls Hack, which engages Caribbean girls and young women in a year-long programme of online skills training workshops with internships to create opportunities for them to expand from being consumers of technology to creators of technology.