PHOTO: Women’s forum
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June 16, 2013

PHOTO: Women’s forum

Jean Lowrie-Chin (left), managing director of ProCOMM Ltd; Dr Carolyn Gomes (2nd left), executive director of Jamaicans for Justice; Sylvia Chrominska, chairperson of the board of Scotiabank Jamaica; and Chiara Borelli (right), VP treasury and operational risk at Scotiabank International, make a happy foursome. Powerful women were out in full force at the Scotiabank Hospitality Suite at the Hilton Rose Hall in Montego Bay, where delegates of the International Women’s Forum Conference — “Music an Instrument for Change” were hosted. The conference was held May 28 and 29 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre .

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