In this episode we meet Joanna Banks, CEO at Panjam Investment Limited. Ms Banks, grew up in Cooper’s Hill in rural Jamaica. Aged 16, at her own insistence, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend boarding school. She later studied Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania, interned at John Deere in Illinois and achieved an MBA at University of Chicago before working at Exxon Mobil in Texas. Despite her travels and experience in the US, her goal always remained to return to Jamaica and build a successful career at home. This is her story.

In this episode we meet Joanna Banks, CEO at Panjam Investment Limited. Ms Banks, grew up in Cooper’s Hill in rural Jamaica. Aged 16, at her own insistence, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend boarding school. She later studied Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania, interned at John Deere in Illinois and achieved an MBA at University of Chicago before working at Exxon Mobil in Texas. Despite her travels and experience in the US, her goal always remained to return to Jamaica and build a successful career at home. This is her story.

The Drive In Me series features interviews with some of the brightest minds in business in Jamaica. We curate insights and learnings from leading businesspeople and share, first-hand, the fundamental rules of business that have guided them on their road to progress.

The Drive In Me series features interviews with some of the brightest minds in business in Jamaica. We curate insights and learnings from leading businesspeople and share, first-hand, the fundamental rules of business that have guided them on their road to progress.

The Drive In Me

The Drive In Me series features interviews with some of the brightest minds in business in Jamaica. We've curated insights and learnings from leading businesspeople and share, first-hand, the fundamental rules of business that have guided them on their road to progress.

The Drive In Me series features interviews with some of the brightest minds in business in Jamaica. We've curated insights and learnings from leading businesspeople and share, first-hand, the fundamental rules of business that have guided them on their road to progress.

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