Fitz-Henley, Morris Dixon named Government senators
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday announced the appointment of communication consultant Abka Fitz-Henley and financial executive Dr Dana Morris Dixon as senators to sit on the government side in the Upper House of Parliament.
It follows the resignation of government Senators Natalie Campbell-Rodriques and Leslie Campbell.
The new senators will be sworn in at the next sitting of the Senate on Friday, May 12, 2023.
“I want to specially thank Senators Campbell-Rodriques and Campbell for their impeccable service and look forward to welcoming Dr Dixon and Mr Fitz-Henley as new Senators,” Holness said.
Holness also noted that both outgoing senators will continue to give valuable service in other roles which will be announced soon. The prime minister indicated that the changes are part of a broader “reorganisation, refresh and revitalisation of the Government”.
Fitz-Henley is a multiple award-winning media practitioner who served at Nationwide News Network for most of his 13-year media career.
Morris Dixon, a 2004 Fulbright Scholar, served as a senior executive of the Jamaica National Group and also served as managing director of JN General Insurance Ltd, one of the key subsidiaries of the Group. She has executed numerous large-scale strategic projects including launch of the first Caribbean bank to be authorised in the United Kingdom in 2020, as well as the reorganisation of the Jamaica National Group that created JN Bank and the new Group structure in 2017, according to the release.