GraceKennedy Limited announced that Professor Gordon Shirley appointed as the new Chairman of board in place of Douglas Orane with effective January 1, 2014. Professor Shirley, currently on a threeyear secondment from the University of the West Indies, Mona, to head up the Port Authority of Jamaica, has been working closely with Mr. Orane to effect a smooth transition in Board leadership. In assuming his new post, Professor Shirley has vacated his roles as member of the company's Audit Committee and Chairman of the Corporate Governance & Nomination Committee.

Mrs. Gina Phillipps Black, noted attorneyatlaw and the company's Board member since February, 2012, has been appointed the new Chair of the Corporate Governance & Nomination Committee of the Board. Mrs. Phillipps Black is a Partner of Myers, Fletcher & Gordon and a member of that firm's Commercial Department.