KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach Wilson, who served in the post since 2019, has died.

“I am deeply saddened to announce the passing today of Alsion Wilson, Consul-General of Jamaica at New York, at her home in New York,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith in a statement on Saturday.

The foreign minister praised Wilson’s dedication to the role, in which she was the eleventh person to serve.

“Consul-General Wilson served Jamaica at the highest level of excellence during her tenure from July 2019 to present. Her accomplishments defy the time during which she served with deep commitment to country, the foreign service and indeed to Jamaicans at home and abroad,” Johnson Smith said.

Wilson was trained in finance, with a celebrated Wall Street career during which she founded her own financial consulting firm, the Alsion Road Group

Wilson also spearheaded an assistance programme for Jamaican doctors and nurses working overseas to assist Jamaica during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander.

Johnson Smith, in describing the veteran diplomat as an “ever patriotic, generous and beautiful soul”, expressed condolences to her family.

“Everyone who has worked with her or simply met her also knows unequivocally that she was also a warm and generous human being who exemplified professionalism, loyalty to country and friendship to the world.”

“In addition to my own personal sorrow and my own personal expressions to her family, with whom I have spoken, on behalf of the Government of Jamaica and its people, including the Diaspora in the United States, I extend deepest condolences to her husband Omar, her children Brian and Vanessa and the rest of the working family,” added the minister.