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Patrons pose with members of the Sagicor Group Jamaica team for a photo op. From left are Christopher Zacca, president & CEO, Sagicor Group Jamaica and Chairman of Sagicor Foundation; Lecia-Gaye Taylor, Group Operations Manager at the Bob Marley Group of Companies, representing Cedella Marley; Nigy Boy, recording artiste; and Nicole Campbell Robinson, vice-president for communications, digital media & CSR at Sagicor Group Jamaica. (Photo: Joseph Wellington)
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December 20, 2024

Business social

Sagicor Group Jamaica recently launched the 27th staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run, a charity event that promotes fun, fitness, and camaraderie among Jamaica’s business community.

The 2025 staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run is set for Sunday, February 16, with a goal of raising $115 million. Proceeds will benefit the Kingston Public Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, and Father Ho Lung and Friends Foundation. Registration is open until January 31, 2025, and patrons for the event include Cedella Marley and recording artiste Nigy Boy.

Since its inception, the event has raised over $450 million for various beneficiaries, focusing on health, child-related, and educational initiatives. Highlights of the launch are in the Business Social.

Listen up! Race director of the Sagicor Sigma Run 2025 Alfred “Frano” Francis delivers remarks at the launch of the event at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on December 10, 2024. Joseph Wellington

It’s a go! Christopher Zacca (left), president and CEO of the Sagicor Group Jamaica (left) and Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness, show the audience how it should be done, at the launch of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run on December 10, 2024 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel.Joseph Wellington

From left: Christopher Zacca, president and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica and chairman of the Sagicor Foundation; Brigette Williams-Azan, daughter of the late R Danvers Williams, founder of Life of Jamaica, which has evolved into Sagicor Group Jamaica; and Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness, at the launch of Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run 2025 held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus in Kingston. Joseph Wellington

Mark Chisholm, chief revenue officer for insurance in the Sagicor Group Jamaica speaks with Mark Golding, leader of the opposition (left), at the recent launch of Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run 2025. Joseph Wellington

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