Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies assumed office as Minister of Transport, Works and Housing in January, 2012. Since commencing his duties, his main focus has been streamlining the operations of the Ministry and its various Agencies.

Prior to his appointment to his current position, Dr. Davies served as Minister of Finance and Planning from December, 1993 to August, 2007 as well as Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Dr. Davies possesses significant academic and financial experience, having attained the former as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies ((1981-1989) and the latter as Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)(1989-1993).

A graduate of the University of the West Indies and Northwestern University in the USA where he received a doctorate in Economics, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Ivy League institution, Stanford University in California from 1973-1976 before returning home to Jamaica.

Born: June 8,1964 in Spaulding, Clarendon, Jamaica
Educated: Spaulding Primary, Spaulding High and Holmwood Technical High Schools
Career (Business): owns and operates a business in Spaulding, Clarendon
Career (Political):

• Appointed State Minister – Ministry of Transport, Works& Housing, January 2012
• Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon – 2012
• Councillor for the Spaulding Division, Clarendon 2007-2011
• Member of Parliament for North West Clarendon– 2002 - 2007
• Appointed State Minister – Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water & Works February 2006

Born
Bellfield, St. Mary – November 25, 1956

Education
St. Mary High School 1968- 1975
University of the West Indies 1975-1982

Marital Status
Married with two children

Community Involvement, Awards and Distinctions
Received the Outstanding Lions Award from Chancellor Hall UWI in 2000
President of the Association of General Practitioners of Jamaica 1994-1996
Member of the Caribbean College of Family Physicians
Member of the Medical Association of Jamaica
Commissioned as a J.P in 1994
President of the St. Mary Jaycees in 1985
Outstanding Public Speakers Award of the West Indies Jaycees (Trinidad 1985)
Board member St. Mary High School from 1984-1989
Board Chairman 1989 – 2003 (longest serving Chairman)
Former Member of St. Mary Jamal Board
Former member Highgate Branch Library Board
Former member of the St. Cyprians Preparatory School Board
Chairman of Region 2 of the PNP comprising parishes of Portland, St. Thomas and St. Mary 2009-present
Elected M.P. in October 16, 2002 representing the Constituency of Central St. Mary

Parliamentary Involvement
Chairman of Joint Select Committee of Parliament examining the Ganga Commission Report
Public Accounts Committee
Human and Social Development Committee
Defence subcommittee of Standing Finance Committee of Parliament
Committee on Matters of National Security
Public Administration and Appropriations Committee
Proceeds of Crime Bill Committee
Internal and External Affairs Committee
Ethics Committee
Appointed Deputy Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 2007-2008
Former Opposition Spokesman on Housing
Appointed Minister without Portfolio (Housing), Ministry of Transport, Works & Housing, January 6, 2012.

International Representation
Served as Jamaica’s Representative at international conferences and symposia in:
United Kingdom 2004
Nigeria 2006
Brazil 2005
Mexico 3/ 2008; 9/2008
Canada 2004
Nicaragua 2009

In addition to the above mentioned, Dr, Morais Guy has served as Jamaica’s Representative on the Executive Committee of the Confederation of Parliamentarians of the Americas (2005- 2008), as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, represented the Jamaican Parliament as a Presenter and Resource person on Public Accounts at a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar in Trinidad and Tobago 2008 and most recently as a part of the expert panel on PAC at a ParlAmericas/FIPA/ Workshop in Antigua , January 30, 2011.

Permanent Secretary,

Audrey V. Sewell