The Board of Pulse Investments Ltd. has appointed Director and Ret. Justice of the Court of Appeal, Hilary Phillips C.D. JA, KC, as Interim Chairman, effective June 24, 2024. The announcement comes with the passing of founder and former Chairman, Kingsley Cooper C.D. on June 18, 2024. A founding director with Mr. Cooper, Ms Phillips has a deep institutional knowledge of the company?s business and operations.

Ms. Phillips has 13 years experience as a Judge and over 30 years practising as an Attorney at Law in areas of practice including Civil Litigation, Complex Commercial transactions, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Building Construction Claims, Real Estate, Arbitration (local and International), Intellectual Property, and Industrial Relations. Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2009, Phillips served until 2021. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Ms. Phillips has been president of the Jamaican Bar association and vice president of the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations and a member of the General Legal Council.

She has held a wide range of directorships, serving on the boards of The Jamaica Stock Exchange, Petrojam and The National Dance Theatre Company. Ms. Phillips is also the Policy Advisory Chairman for the Jamaica National Group of companies.