Mrs. Marlene Street Forrest is the Managing Director of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and Director of both its subsidiaries. Her mandate is to continue the process of developing the JSE Group and particularly the Exchange, in an atmosphere of transparency and fairness while utilizing appropriate technology in providing the greatest possible efficiency to the market.

 

Mrs. Street Forrest has a wealth of experience having worked in senior management positions at varying private and public sector organizations here in Jamaica and overseas.  It is under her stewardship that the JSE became demutualized and the US Denominated Market and the Junior Market were launched. She also spearheaded the Registrar Division of the Jamaica Central Depository (JCSD) when she served as General Manager for this subsidiary of the JSE. Today, Mrs. Street-Forrest is a highly demanded speaker, having given presentation at many local, regional and international conferences and seminars for the securities markets and financial services industry.

 

Mrs. Street Forrest attended the University of the West Indies, Mona, where she read for the Bachelors Degree in Management Studies and later gained her Masters in Business Administration at the Barry University in Florida.

 

In 2016 Mrs. Street Forrest was conferred with the honour of the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD)  in recognition of her outstanding  leadership in the growth of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

 

She is an avid reader, who is committed to the principles of volunteerism and community service. She is a Justice of the Peace and  serves as a Director for the Good Samaritan Inn, a Christian outreach aimed at uplifting the poor and marginalized.  She is married to Franklin and has two daughters, Francia and Keena.