Grantley Stephenson’s biography

Grantley Stephenson has held the post of CEO for 16 years, having come to the position with more than 30 years in shipping and logistics. Under his leadership, KWL has been transformed to the leading multipurpose, multiuser port terminal in the region, expanding the scope of operations while growing shareholder value.

Among his key achievements were the development of Kingston as an international automotive trans-shipment hub, the establishment of modern, state-of-the-art logistics facilities for Kingston; major redevelopment of berths eight and nine; commissioning of the largest mobile harbour cranes in the Caribbean to support vertically integrated stevedoring services; and significant growth in assets, profits and share value.

Grantley is a director of Jamaica Producers Group Limited, Security Administrators Limited, Harbour Cold Stores Limited, SAJE Property Services Limited, ADVANTUM, Ports Management and Security L i m i t e d , a n d A s s e s s m e n t

Recoveries Limited. He has served as president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica and the Caribbean Shipping Association.

He holds undergraduate qualifications in engineering from the College of Arts, Science and Technology (now the University of Technology) and in shipping management from the University of Plymouth, England. He holds a master of business administration from The University of the West Indies. Stephenson is the recipient of the JIM 2015 Manager of the Year Award and has been a distinguished fellow of that institution since November 2006. He is also a recipient of the honorary doctor of science in port management from the Caribbean Maritime University.

Stephenson has served as honorary consul general to the Kingdom of Norway since 1998 and is a past dean of the consular corps of Jamaica. He was conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, in 2007 and is the recipient of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, the highest non-national award. Stephenson is a justice of the peace.