Mic Check The Most Sought After Charted Accountant & Recently Retired Leader For Accounting & Consulting Firm Price Water House Coopers In Jamaica Mr Leighton McKnight

LEIGHTON McKNIGHT IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT BY PROFESSION AND IS  CURRENTLY AN EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE AT UWI MONA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. HE RECENTLY RETIRED AS THE TERRITORY LEADER FOR THE ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING FIRM OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS IN JAMAICA AND ALSO THE FIRM’S CARIBBEAN REGIONAL DIVERSITY,EQUITY & INCLUSION LEADER AND REGIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES LEADER. HE HAS A DISTINUISHED TRACK RECORD OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR SERVICE INCLUDING:

• CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISION FOR THE JUDIARY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOMMENDING EMOLUMENTS FOR THE HIGHER JUDICIARY AND PARISH COURTS

• FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA AUDIT COMMISSION.

• A FORMER MEMBER OF JAMAICA’S PARLIAMENTARY INTEGRITY COMMISSION

• PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND PAST SECRETARY/DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF THE CARIBBEAN

• HE IS CURRENTLY A TRUSTEE OF THE EASTERN CANADA & THE CARIBBEAN DISTRICT OF THE KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT. A RENOWNED KIWANIAN, HE IS ALSO A DISTINGUISHED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF EXCELLENCE. 

• HAS SERVED/SERVES ON SEVERAL BOARDS INCLUDING CHARITIES AND HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. IN PARTICULAR HE HAS PERSONALLY ASSISTED OVER 50 NEEDY CHILDREN FINANCIALLY WITH THEIR EDUCATION, SOME RIGHT UP TO THE TERTIARLY LEVEL. HE IS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE KIWANIS TRUST FOR THE EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN(KTEACH) AND TRUSTEE OF THE DAVID WAGGA HUNT FOUNDATION

• HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA in 2013 WITH THE AWARD OF THE ORDER OF DISTINCTION COMMANDER CLASS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

• HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF JAMAICA 2017 DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION AND NATION BUILDING

• HE RECENTLY RECEIVED “THE ETERNAL FATHER” AWARD FOR PHILANTROPY AND CONFERRED WITH AN HONORARY DOCTORATE BY THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE CARIBBEAB IN JULY 2022.

• HE IS MARRIED, HAS ONE SON AND SEVERAL ADOPTED CHILDREN. HOBBIES INCLUDE PLAYING/LISTEN TO MUSIC, PLAYING FOOTBALL, GIVING SERVICE TO LESS FORTUNATE AND WATCHING SPORTS