NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025 37 MMS 35TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURE Receptionist Wayneisha Bryan greets a visitor to MMS. Interim President of IWED Verica Bennett-Davidson (standing) shares information with Administrative Assistant at IWED Cavelle-Ann Mossop. Ricona Hemmings (left), nursing student at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) in Kingston, receives the 2023 Kareen Foster-Jones Scholarship award from General Manager, HR Business Services at Manpower & Maintenance Services Ltd Group (MMS), Monica Young (at right), in a ceremony organised for the female members of staff by the M’Power Women’s Group, an MMS entity, to mark International Women’s Day 2023. Ms Hemmings was the second recipient of the J$250,000 scholarship launched in 2022 to honour the late MMS Director of Facilities Management Services. Also sharing the moment are Yvonne Harriott, mother of the awardee (2nd from left) and Chairman and former CEO of MMS Audrey StewartHinchcliffe. The M’Power Women’s Group, is dedicated to the “upliftment of women through work and education.” Author and Chairman of Manpower & Maintenance Services Limited Group (MMS) Audrey Stewart- Hinchcliffe (2nd from left) is assisted to unveil her book, A Time Like No Other: The COVID-19 Pandemic, Perspectives on Jamaica’s Experience, by (L-R) CEO of MMS Don Gittens, President & CEO, Bank of Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and Senior Vice President Caribbean North & Central and guest speaker at the launch Audrey Tugwell Henry, and Marilyn Pryce, the author’s niece. Partly hidden is events consultant Webster Walker. The occasion was the launch of the book at the AC Mariott Hotel in Kingston on November 29, 2023. Based on articles published in the Daily Gleaner during the pandemic, Hinchcliffe hopes the book “will be a useful resource for public health practitioners, policymakers, researchers and the public in general, should we have to face another public health emergency.” It is available for sale at all branches of The Kingston Bookshop, Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited Group locations islandwide, as well as online at amazon.com. All proceeds are donated to the MMS Foundation to fund community projects in sports, education and health. Chairman and former CEO of Manpower & Maintenance Services Limited Group (MMS) Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe (right) accepts the 2022 Live2Lead leadership award from the previous winner President and CEO of Scotia Group Jamaica, Audrey Tugwell Henry, while official Live2Lead Host in Jamaica Erica McKenzie shares the moment. Sales Representative Employee Benefits, Sagicor Life Jamaica Ltd, George Adlam (left), is warmly greeted by CEO Don Gittens, marketing manager Sandra Letts (at left) and Chairman of MMS M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe on arrival at a vendors’ meeting organised by MMS to share the strategic direction of the organisation (2023). Members of the MMS management team eat the fruits of their labour following a team building exercise (2023). Photos
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