Fayval Williams named as new Finance Minister, Morris Dixon to take over Education Ministry
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has named Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural, Fayval Williams to replace Dr Nigel Clarke as Jamaica’s minister of finance.
Williams will be replaced as the minister of education by Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation.
In the meantime, recently elected Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Matthew Samuda returns to the Cabinet as Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.
Williams comes highly qualified for the position. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) by profession, has an MBA with concentration in finance from Wharton Business School at University of Pennsylvania, and a BA (cum laude) in Economics from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.