Christopher Barnes is Managing Director of the Gleaner Company and joined the JN Life Insurance Board in March 2012. He is the Chairman of Independent Radio Company Limited; The Gleaner Company (USA) Limited; The Gleaner Company (Can) Inc; Gleaner Online; PALS Jamaica and the Media Association of Jamaica. He also serves on the boards of the Caribbean News Agency, Caribbean Media Corporation, Inter-American Press Association, The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Pan Jamaican Investment Trust, A-Plus Learning Limited and Ocho Rios Beach Limited. Prior to joining the Gleaner, he spent 10 years with Montreal-based Alcan Inc. (now Rio Tinto Alcan) in various international roles, including his last as Director, Strategic Initiatives for Alcan’s Global Pharmaceutical Packaging Group. Mr. Barnes is a Justice of the Peace.