Chamber appoints its next President

Thursday 11 May 2017

Business consultant Eliot Lincoln is the new President of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce, and will lead the organisation through its 250th anniversary next year.

Mr Lincoln, who is the Managing Director of consultancy firm BDO Greenlight, has served as Vice-President to outgoing President Kristina Le Feuvre since May 2015.

His business credentials include winning the 2012 Jersey IoD Director of the Year for a Medium Sized Business and the 2012 UK National Young Director of the Year Award for Greenlight, the business he set up in 2008. 

Proud to be @JerseyChamber of Commerce's new President. Looking forward to the next 2 years!

— Eliot Lincoln (@el_linc) May 10, 2017

Setting out his vision for the next two years, Mr Lincoln said: “Investment in education is key to the future success of Jersey. Ensuring the island produces talent that is ready to work in our economy is critical. I want Jersey to become a destination for education and will be launching Chamber’s first ‘Young Business Group’ to help the business leaders of tomorrow to meet, socialise and have a say in how the island should develop to meet the demands of the next generation.” 

“Chamber will continue to lobby government for a sensible debate about population, immigration and licenses, to ensure that policy is formed with the business community in mind, not an after-thought.”

Joining the new President in heading up Chamber’s Executive Council is Mark Cox, Chief Operating Officer of the Channel Islands Co-operative Society, who will become Vice-President having served as Chair of the Chamber Retail and Supply Committee for the past two years.  

Delighted & very proud to have been elected as Vice President of @jerseychamber, looking forward to working closely with @el_linc & members

— Mark Cox (@MarkCoxJsy) May 10, 2017

Yesterday’s Chamber meeting also saw the nomination of two new Committee Chairs.  Ronnie Isherwood became Chair of the Digital Business Committee and Lorna Pestana, Chair of the Human Resources Committee.