Brian Wynter

{{short description|Jamaican banker and financial regulator (born 1959)}}

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Brian Wynter OJ (born in Jamaica, 1959) is a Jamaican banker and financial regulator, who is notable for his work with the Financial Services Commission (FSC).[http://www.boj.org.jm/bank/bank_governor.php "The Governor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705013301/http://www.boj.org.jm/bank/bank_governor.php |date=5 July 2011 }}, Bank of Jamaica. In October 2009, it was announced that he would assume the position as Governor of the Bank of Jamaica on 1 December 2009.[http://www.jis.gov.jm/finance_planning/html/20091031t070000-0500_21712_jis_brian_wynter_takes_over_as_boj_governor_on_december_1.asp Jamaica Information Service][http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/wynter-wins-award-for-top-caribbean-central-bank-governor_76926 "Wynter wins award for top Caribbean central bank governor"], Jamaica Observer, 11 October 2016.

As governor, he was chairman of the board of directors of the bank, and served until August 2019. Previously, he was the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.

Education

He graduated from the London School of Economics in 1981 with a BSc (economics) honours degree. He received the graduate diploma in law from The City University London. Wynter is also the holder of a master's degree specialising in international economics from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (1985).

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