Major General Robert Neish (CD, AFC, J.P) - Executive Director

Major General Neish is the Executive Director of the Digicel Foundation. This non-profit, philanthropic organization, established by Digicel Jamaica, seeks to identify and support genuine needs in communities across Jamaica and the region. These programmes will be mainly in the educational, social and cultural areas.

From 1996 to 2004 he served as Chief Executive Officer, Mona Rehabilitation Foundation, a charity based at the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre.  This foundation developed and managed programmes to provide employment for persons with disabilities.

From 1990 to 1996 he was a security consultant, managed the Jamaica Society for Industrial Security and chaired the Bustamante Institute of Public and International Affairs.

Prior to that he served as an officer in the Jamaica Defence Force for 32 years and his career included infantry, flying, staff and command positions culminating in the appointment of Chief of Staff from 1979-1990 with the rank of Major General.

Born in Kingston in 1940, he was educated at Munro and Jamaica Colleges, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and the Army Staff College, Camberley, UK. He studied at the Central Flying School, Manitoba, Canada, the Navy Post-Graduate School, Monterey, California and the Jamaica Civil Service Management Course (where he also lectured). He was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC) in 1968 for bravery and Commander of the Order of Distinction (CD) in the National Honours and Awards list 1983.

He currently serves as Chairman of the Jamaica Legion and Vice President, Royal Air Forces Association (Jamaica Branch). He is a board member of Crime Stop and the Private Security Regulation Authority. He is also President of the Jamaica Paraplegic Association (affiliated to the Jamaica Olympic Association) and a Past President of the Rotary Club of Kingston.