Management Team

Trevor Riley is the Chief Executive Officer of the SAJ and related companies. He leads a team of over 400 persons providing a range of services, including the supply of labour, security and Information Technology services to the Port of Kingston; as well as property services and investments.

Mr Riley worked previously in banking, tourism and media. A Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Kingston, he holds a Master of Business Administration degree (Kingston, UK), the Bachelor of Laws degree (Upper Second-Class Honours) from the University of Technology, the Diploma in Mass Communications, (UWI) and the Diploma in Journalism from the International Institute for Journalism, (IIJ) Berlin, Germany. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM), United Kingdom and has also completed the Harvard University Programme on Negotiation. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains and sits on the Advisory Board of the University of Technology Jamaica, Faculty of Law.

Mr Riley serves as a member of the council of the Caribbean Maritime University, Company Secretary for Advantum, formerly Port Computer Services Limited, and also for Assessment Recoveries Limited (ARL). He is a Trustee of the Kingston Portworkers Superannuation Fund and the SAJ Staff Pension Fund and is a director of SAJE Logistics Infrastructure Limited and its subsidiaries.

Terrence Brooks joined the association in 1995 as Recruiting Clerk. He is a second generation employee of the SAJ following in the footsteps of his father, Rudolph Brooks, who was one of the Association’s most noteworthy and influential stevedores.

Mr. Brooks is a proven high performer who has received successive promotions before being accorded full responsibility for all Human Resource Management and Development functions in the SAJ and associated companies. He was previously Manager, Labour Planning and Deployment, Recruiting Supervisor and Senior Operations Officer. He was appointed Deputy General Manager in 2021. 

A specialist in labour planning and a practised data analyst, Mr. Brooks has direct responsibility for the management and deployment of a pool of close to 600 stevedores and specialist workers to the Port of Kingston as well as for a team of 16 administrative staff. His experience encompasses areas of trend forecasting, industrial relations, strategy development and planning.

A Kingston College Old Boy, Mr. Brooks has certification in supervisory management and industrial relations and is currently pursuing advanced studies in the field of business administration.

Jade Wright performs the role of Chief Financial Officer of the SAJE Group. He leads a finance department of 14 members for the SAJE Group and related companies. Chief among his responsibilities are the preparation of financial statements, assessing the viability of possible acquisitions, as well as financial management for the Group’s operations. He has over a decade of experience in external audit of large and medium-sized organisations across several industries in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region prior to his appointment to the SAJE Group.

He is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Jamaica. Mr Wright is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a Bachelor of Science degree (First Class Honours) in Management Studies (Accounting) from the University of the West Indies.

The Operations Manager, Finance, Miss Hall has over 15 years’ experience in accounting. She has been with the SAJ since 2002, and provides training at the entry level for new staff while overseeing and monitoring the daily accounting and finance operations of SAJ and its subsidiaries.

Her areas of expertise include: accounts and financial operations, management accounts, cash flow control, financial analysis, budget preparations and payroll and taxes.

Ms. Hall holds a Master of Business Administration, Finance from Manchester Business School and a Bachelor of Social Science, Accounting and Management Studies from the University of West Indies, Mona.

Mrs. Dionne Gordon has served the SAJ for 30 years. She joined the Association as secretary to the Deputy Training and Welfare Manager in 1986 and served several managers, including successive General Managers. In 2009, she was promoted to the post of Property and Executives Services Officer and in 2010, became the Operations Manager, Property and Administration.

Mrs. Gordon is a results-oriented professional, with training in strategic planning, managing projects and operations. She has a proven record of success in planning and executing large meetings, conferences and events. At present, she also assists the Caribbean Shipping Association as the manager of two annual conferences.

She holds a Master of Business Administration with a specialisation in Strategic Planning and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business and Finance from Heriot Watt University in Scotland. She is also the recipient of an Associate of Science Degree in management from the University of the West Indies.