Brian Wynter OJ (born in Jamaica, 1959) is a

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n banker and financial regulator, who is notable for his work with the Financial Services Commission (FSC)."The Governor"
, Bank of Jamaica. In October 2009, it was announced that he would assume the position as Governor of the

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on 1 December 2009.Jamaica Information Service
/ref>"Wynter wins award for top Caribbean central bank governor"
''Jamaica Observer'', 11 October 2016. As governor, he was chairman of the board of directors of the bank, and served until August 2019. Previously, he was the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica.

Education

He graduated from the

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in 1981 with a BSc (economics) honours degree. He received the graduate diploma in law from The

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. Wynter is also the holder of a master's degree specialising in international economics from the

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(1985).

References

1959 births Living people Alumni of the Inns of Court School of Law Alumni of the London School of Economics Governors of the Bank of Jamaica Jamaican businesspeople School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Members of the Order of Jamaica Wolmer's Schools alumni {{business-bio-stub