ATTENTION: THE COFFEE INDUSTRY BOARD (CIB) WISHES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY PERSONS IN THE COFFEE INDUSTRY, OF A REPORT OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY REGARDING THE USAGE OF SEVERAL FAKE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF CIB EMPLOYEES AND LICENSED COFFEE STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS Click for Details

CIB's Organizational Structure

Board Director General Board Secretary\Legal Officer Quality Assurance Manager Advisory Services Manager Chief Accountant HR & Communications Manager Senior Information Manager Regional Advisory Officers Training & and Public Relationship Officer Research Officer Quality Assurance Officer Administrative Assistant (EX) Administrative Assistant (EX) Quality Assurance Inspectors Advisory Officers Administrative Assistant (NE) Senior Accounting Clerk Administrative Assistant (NE) Systems Technician Shipping & Customs Officer Quality Assurance Lab Technician Shipping Clerks Shipping & Warehouse Foreman Advisory Assistant Accounting Clerk Receptionist/Telephone Operator Documentation & Information ClerkFiling Clerk Office Attendant Bearer Production Workers Gardener

The Coffee Industry Board has a workforce of [51] employees the staff is distributed across the island as follows

Location Number of Staff Farmers Licensees
Head office (Kingston, Jamaica) 43 - 21
Eastern Region 2 7,032 4
Central Region 3 800 1
Northern Region 2 650  
Western Region 1 110 1
Total 51 8,592 27
Distribution of Work Force

(11) Staff members  are located in the regions above while (17) or 40% of the Head office staff to include managers use Head Office as their base to plan, organize and schedule activities such as (Seminars, Training, Demonstrations, Shows etc,.)

The 7,032 Registered Farmers in the Eastern Region are in the geographically specific Jamaica Blue Mountain Zone. The 1,500 farmers in other regions (Northern, Central & Western) are estimates of the known and active farmers based on Advisory Services records and will change when a new census of the other producing zones is done.

The 27 Licensees (Dealers & Works) are placed based on where their office and works are located across the Island.