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Mrs. Julie Thompson-James is Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel and Company Secretary of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries, a position she has held since November 4, 2009. Prior to this appointment, she served as Director, Corporate & Legal Services and Assistant Company Secretary of Scotia Group between June 2008 and November 2009. Julie’s legal experience also spans the public sector in Jamaica, having practiced for 5 years in the Litigation Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers, Ministry of Justice, as Assistant Attorney General (May 2006 to May 2008) and as Crown Counsel (April 2003 to May 2006) defending and initiating action on behalf of the Government of Jamaica before several local courts and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. She has also worked with the Financial Sector Adjustment Company Limited (FINSAC), a government owed entity, as Attorney–at-Law and Company Secretary for a period of 5 years. Julie completed her Bachelor of Laws (LLB), (Hons.) degree at the London School of Economics, London, England in 1996 and graduated from the Norman Manley Law School, University of the West Indies with a Certificate of Legal Education in 1999. She also holds an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics & Business Administration (1993) from Howard University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Julie is a member of the Commercial Law Committee of the Jamaican Bar Association, member of the Public Policy and Legislative Committee of the Jamaica Bankers Association and an Associate Tutor at the Norman Manley Law School.