Dr. Derrick McKoy holds a doctorate in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University, specialising in the New Public Management, an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from University College London, the M.B.A. from Barry University, and the LL.B. from the University of the West Indies. He is also a graduate of the Norman Manley Law School. He was a Commonwealth Scholar, and in 1999 he participated in the US International Visitors Program on “The role of Ethics in Business and Government.” He has been nominated to Sigma Beta Delta International Honour Society.
He is the current Chairman of the Fair Trading Commission, and a former Commissioner from 1996 to 1998; and also serves as Chairman of the Jamaica Antidumping & Subsidies Commission. He was Contractor-General of Jamaica from 1998 to 2005 and has served on the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, Jamaica.
Dr. McKoy has consulted in Jamaica and the broader Caribbean in the areas of competition law and policy, utilities regulations, and public sector reform. He has lectured in the University of the West Indies on the LL.B. and LL.M. Programmes; and as an adjunct in the Mona School of Business, the Institute of International Relations, Trinidad, the Norman Manley Law School, Barry University’s Andreas School of Business, and Nova Southeastern University’s Huizenga School of Business.
He has participated in Penn State Management Development Courses, U.S. Coast Guard International Maritime Law Enforcement Training, and the Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance’s course for directors. Dr. McKoy has published in the areas of constitutional law, labour law, competition law, public management and governance, and the law of computers. He is also a member of the Jamaican Bar and the Jamaica Institute of Management.
Mr. Jasper Burnett C.D., a Chartered Accountant, has been Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commission since June 1998.
In 1970 Mr. Burnett started his own Accounting Firm, Jasper Burnett & Co. In 1975 he merged his practice with Touche, Ross Thorburn and Co. In 1983 Mr. Brunett became head of Burnett, Brennan Parkinson which in 1992 was renamed Jackson Burnett Parkinson Jackson, with whom he served as a Consultant until 1997 when he retired.
A member of the Public Accountancy Board since 1977 Mr. Burnett served as President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) between 1977 and 1980. He was a Council Member of the ICAJ from 1974-82 and is Founder and First Editor of the ICAJ's Magazine ‘CHARTER'. In addition to writing numerous articles in local newspapers, Mr. Burnett is author of the booklet "How to become a Chartered Accountant" specifically aimed at High School students seeking a career path.
Mrs. Dorothy Carter- Bradford, was appointed Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commission in 2007.
Mr. Robert Collie, an Attorney-at-Law, was appointed Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commission by the Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce in April 2010. He holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) degree from the University of the West Indies; and was called to the Jamaican Bar in 2006.
He is the Jamaica Independence (Male) Scholar for the year 2001.This award is given to the male student with the second highest Cambridge Advanced Levels score in Jamaica. He also received the Michael March Memorial Prize from the Norman Manley Law School for outstanding performance in the Law of Remedies.
A member of the Commercial Law, the Social Affairs and the Civil Procedure and Practice Committees of the Jamaican Bar Association, Mr. Collie sits on the Boards of Directors of the Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning, the Jamaica Intellectual Property Organisation and the Jamaica 4H Clubs. He is also member of the Litigation department of the Law firm Myers, Fletcher and Gordon, attorneys-at-law.
Mr. Emile Leiba, an Attorney-at-Law, was appointed Commissioner of the Fair Trading Commission by the Minister of Industry, Investment & Commerce in June 2011. Mr. Leiba was admitted to the Jamaican Bar in 2002. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) and the Norman Manley Law School where he was awarded the Madge Morgan Prize for Trial Advocacy.
He has practiced in Property and Commercial law prior to specializing in Litigation. He currently practices primarily in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Maritime Law and Employment Law. He has acted for several international and local clients and litigated at the Supreme Court and Appellate levels. He has also been the main speaker at several Employment Law and Maritime Seminars and presented on the effects of recently passed employment law legislation. He has acted for several clients in claims for bargaining rights by unions, contested dismissal claims and provided advice on restructuring labour forces and the employment law framework of Jamaica.
He is a member of the Social Affairs Committee of the Jamaican Bar Association and serves as Honorary Counsel to the Little Theatre Movement of Jamaica. He has served as a Director of the BTC Thrift Co-Operative Credit Union and on the Supervisory Committee of the GSB Cooperative Credit Union. He is a member and former President of the Jamdammers Running Club, a primary organizer of the internationally known Reggae Marathon and an avid runner and triathlete who has participated in several international events.