TransJamaican Highway Limited has advised that two high ranking National Commercial Bank (NCB) officials have been added to its board.

They are NCB President & Group Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Hylton and CEO of NCB Capital Markets Limited, Steven Gooden. The appointments took effect on Friday, June 25, 2021.

The two NCB bosses will join Charles Paradis, who chairs the board along with Susan Garriques, John “Mitchie” Bell, Ian Dear, Julie Thompson-James and Ivan Anderson, Managing Director.

The addition of  Hylton and Gooden to the board of TJH, which is the operator of Highway 2000 East-West, which is Jamaica’s first toll road will secure the bank’s interest given that is the second largest shareholders in the company.

The biggest shareholder is the National Road Operating & Constructing Company, which has 2.5 billion shares or 20 per cent shareholding in the toll road operator.