Meet our Alumni
Eric Crawford CD, FCA, FCCA
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Eric Crawford concluded a thirty-five-year career with PricewaterhouseCopers (PwC) Jamaica in June of 2015, twenty-six of which he had partner responsibility for the delivery of Taxation services to the firm’s clientele.
His professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers included a tour of duty with the Toronto office, leadership of the Caribbean Region Taxation practice, and a one-year secondment to act as Chief Financial Officer of Jamaica National Investment Company Limited (now Development Bank of Jamaica). Before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, he served as Chief Internal Auditor of the National Housing Trust (NHT). He was also a Director and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Trust between 1996 and 2000.
He chaired the Public Accountancy Board for 18 years and served as the Chairman of Jamaica International Financial Services Authority (JIFSA up to September 2020.
He sits on the Boards of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited, the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited and Scotia Investments Limited, the Audit and Conduct Review Committee of which he chairs. He is also a Commissioner and chairs the Audit, Finance and Technology Committee of the Integrity Commission.
Eric is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ), of which he served as President between 1995 and 1997, as well as a Fellow of the UK Chartered Association of Certified Accountants where he was Jamaica’s Representative on its International Assembly in 1997/98.
His contribution to the profession was recognized when he was conferred with the Order of Distinction – Commander Class by the Governor General in 2016.
Eric was Student of the Year in his final year at the College of Arts, Science & Technology (now The University of Technology) where he studied Business Administration and was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the University in 2018.