Speakers

Dr. 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 efficiencies to the market.

Dr. 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. Under her
stewardship, 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.

Dr. 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.

She is a Certified Business Consultant and a member of the International Association of
Professional Business Consultants (IAPO). Dr. Street Forrest stays current with issues that
impact the Market such as Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Enterprise Risk Management
and is trained in these areas.

In 2016, Dr. 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. In that same year she also received the Afroglobal Excellence
Award for Global Impact from Canada for exhibiting great leadership, vision, integrity and
commitment to excellence.

She was an Observer Business Leader Nominee in 2017 and was also celebrated by the
Institute for Gender and Development Studies - UWI as a Woman Pioneer. In 2018 she
received the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal Vocational Services Award and was recognized by the Alex Ihama School of Greatness as the Business Leader of the Decade in
2020.

Dr. Street Forrest was conferred with a Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Policy by the
University of the Commonwealth Caribbean on July 18, 2021 for her contribution to nation
building. She is also the 2021 recipient of the Soroptimist International (Jamaica) Stella
Gregory Award which is presented annually to an outstanding woman, who has excelled in
her chosen field and has contributed to national development.

In 2025, Dr. Street Forrest received the Outstanding Leadership in Financial Services and
Market Development Award from the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport for Excellence in Financial Leadership and Market Development.

She is the Author of the book “On Leadership Discipline Discretion and Daring” and Co-
Author of “Steps to Good Governance”.

Dr. Street Forrest 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 also serves on the
Board of the National Commission of Science and Technology and the PSOJ Corporate
Governance Committee.