Michel Gantois, an investment banker turned energy tycoon who speaks four languages, will lead the country’s power utility company, Jamaica Public Service (JPS).
JPS advised in a release to the Jamaica Stock Exchange that he will assume the role of president and CEO effective May 31, 2020.
Gantois, started as a humanitarian at Doctors Without Borders in Africa and quickly rose to lead publicly listed companies around various sides of the globe, according to his Linkedin profile.
He has described JPS as “a company with strong roots in the community and a proud history in supplying essential services to the people and the industry of Jamaica”.
He was also CEO for ENGIE Australia, a company that earns US$650 million ($2 billion Australian dollars) a year; leading 1,800 employees to develop and manage power plants and sell energy and efficiency services to 700,000 customers.
