Emile Lafayette has had a long and distinguished career in the field of accounting and auditing, spanning over twenty years. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of England (ACCA). He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996 and became a member of the ICAJ and ACCA in 1997. Emile Lafayette also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Manchester School of Business.
Emile worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over ten (10) years, where he held various positions, including that of Audit Manager, Assurance and Business Advisory Services. He was in charge of several large and medium-sized clients, including companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Emile joined Courts Jamaica Limited in 2002 as Internal Audit Manager, a position he held for five (5) years until he was promoted to Regional Internal Audit Manager for the Caribbean.
Effective January 2009, Emile Lafayette became a full-time practitioner at Strachan, Lafayette & Associates (now trading as Baker Tilly).
Emile Lafayette is the Vice Chairman of the Audit Practice Committee and sits on the Investigations Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ). He is also the Chairman of the Practitioners Development Sub-Committee of the ICAJ.
Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Stella Maris Preparatory School and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Franciscan Missionary Sister (FMS).
