By Andrew Green, Staff Reporter
BOGUES... I have looked at other opportunities.
GRETA BOGUES has chosen not to renew her contract to serve as chief executive officer of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ).
She will be replaced by Mrs. Lola Fong-Wright on Monday, September 6, said Mrs. Beverly Lopez, the PSOJ president. The two will work together during a transition period that will last until the end of September.
"I am leaving on September 30," Ms. Bogues said. "I have looked at other opportunities."
She has served in the post for three years and three months, with her contract expiring in June. "I will definitely remain here in Jamaica," she said. "There is so much work to do in private sector."
She would not say what she would be doing next and did not rule out the possibility of starting a business.
Mrs. Fong-Wright has had a successful career at Citibank, Mr. Lopez said. This includes well over a decade in the areas of human resources and electronic commerce.
"We wish for her a successful tenure at the PSOJ as it works towards an integrated Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica," Mr. Lopez said.
PROUD
Ms. Bogues said she was proud that while she had been the PSOJ chief executive, relationships with stakeholders such as Government ministries had been improved.
One of the most important of these stakeholders was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a good relation had been developed with that key ministry, she said. There had also been progress in drafting a code of governance for the private sector as well as in fostering better relations in the private sector between members.
"I had hoped that after three years we would have a more unified private sector," she said. "That is one of the things I regret."
Mrs. Lopez said she recognised "the sterling job Greta has done," adding that, "her work is well appreciated from my personal standpoint."
