Peter Murcott Bunting

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Murcott Bunting
Occupation	Civil Servant
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1960(1960-09-07)
Age	64
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Clarendon Parish
Horoscope	Virgo

Peter Murcott Bunting Biography

Peter Murcott Bunting is one of the most popular and richest Civil Servant who was born on September 7, 1960 in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. Bunting was born on the 7th of September in 1960 within a remote region located in Clarendon, Jamaica, to farmers Juan Bunting and Pauline Bunting. He was a student at Campion College (1971-1979), an internationally acclaimed high school that was located in Kingston, Jamaica. After graduating from the high school level, Bunting undertook undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at McGill University in Canada (1983) in which he was awarded the James McGill Award and the Quebec Iron and Titanium Scholarship for academic excellence. A few years later he was awarded the title of an MBA in finance at the University of Florida, where he was awarded the prestigious designation of an Matherly Scholar.

A professional investment banker, Bunting returned to banking. In this time, he would work with two of his long-time colleagues, Christopher Dehring and Mark Golding to create the first Jamaican private sector bank, Dehring, Bunting and Golding (now Scotia Investments) in 1992. DB&G achieved immense growth, and grew to being among the most reliable banks in Jamaica as well as the Caribbean. The investment firm earned a reputation for its progressiveness and innovation, and also gained trust from consumers. Under the direction of Bunting, DB&G went on to receive awards from the Jamaica Stock Exchange for being the top-performing business in 2005 and 2006. followed by received the Governor General’s Award for outstanding performance in the year the year 2006. After a long period of success, DB&G attracted the attention of one of Jamaica’s top-performing commercial banks and that’s it’s the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). The owners of DB&G and BNS reached an agreement in the year 2006, that resulted in BNS buying DB&G and changing the name of the company to Scotia DBG, and later Scotia Investments.

Bunting’s desire to serve the Jamaican populous in a more meaningful way, led to his return to politics. This time however, saw him representing the People’s National Party (PNP)in the 1993 General Elections for the South East Clarendon constituency. Although traditionally a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) stronghold, Bunting won the seat, ousting JLP candidate and former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honorable Hugh Shearer. He served as Member of Parliament until 1998; after which he reverted to his career in banking to take up the lead role in DB&G.

In addition to his role in representational politics, Bunting has served many public sector bodies in varying capacities. He has served as chairman for the National Water Commission, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Health, president and CEO of the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (Now Development Bank of Jamaica DBJ), and chairman of JAMPRO. As the former general secretary before Julian Robinson, he had also represented the party as a commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (2008 to 2016).

Bunting was appointed personal advisor to then-prime minister, the Rt Hon. Michael Manley in 1990. After his appointment as adviser, Manley was made as the CEO in 1990 of Michael Manley in the year 1990. National Investment Bank of Jamaica which is now called the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ).

Peter Murcott Bunting Net Worth

Peter Murcott Bunting is one of the richest Civil Servant from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Murcott Bunting 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Peter Murcott Bunting, MP (born 7 September 1960) was the fifth National Security Minister of Jamaica (Jan 2012 – February 2016) and also the MP for the area that is Central Manchester. Bunting is the Secretary General of the People’s National Party, a post he held since January 2008 until January 2014.

When he was a fresh MBA graduated, Bunting gained employment at Citibank (1985-1987) in which Bunting was initially employed as an accountant for the Corporate Banking Group and then as the Manager for Specialized Finance. The entrepreneurial skills of his work caught the eye of well-known Jamaican entrepreneurs O.K. Melhado as well as Clifton Cameron, who recruited Bunting in 1988 to create Manufacturers Merchant Bank (MMB). Bunting was the head of MMB as the chief executive officer. Under his strategic direction with the assistance of other bankers who were creditworthy, MMB became the largest independent merchant bank in Jamaica. Today, it is known under the name Pan Caribbean Investment Services, MMB has continued to grow and made profit. In the year 1990, Bunting took a hiatus from banking to pursue an active political career. The hillbilly 690089555

In 1992, he co-founded Jamaica’s first private sector investment banking firm, Dehring, Bunting and Golding (now Scotia Investments).

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Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Servant. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Peter Murcott Bunting celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.