Joe Taffe, a Chartered Accountant since 1981, joined GraceKennedy in 1989 and throughout his 18 years of service to the Group has held senior management positions including Group Internal Audit Manager and Group Finance Manager.

Immediately following the acquisition of First Global Bank Limited by GraceKennedy in March 2001, Mr. Taffe was appointed General Manager and was integral to the subsequent rapid development of the Bank in both assets under management and profitability.

In September 2005, Mr. Taffe was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Financial Services Division of GraceKennedy and after a four-month transition period, assumed the post of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Financial Services Division. He was named a director of GraceKennedy Limited on September 29, 2005. On July 24, 2006 Mr. Taffe was appointed the new COO for the Information Services Division, in addition to his responsibilities as COO for the Financial Services Division.

With the streamlining of the divisions within the GraceKennedy Group, Joe Taffe assumed the role of Deputy CEO, GK Investments, on December 1, 2006. On September 13, 2007 he was appointed Acting CEO for GK Investments.

He serves as a director of several GraceKennedy subsidiaries and is also President of Grace Co-operative Credit Union Limited.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies, is a Chartered Accountant, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, and the Association of Chartered Accountants, UK. He is married to Janice and has a daughter, Jada-Rae.