Lascelles Chin
Founder Executive Chairman of the LASCO Affiliated Companies, the Hon. Lascelles A Chin was a visionary business leader, pioneering exporter, and philanthropist who has left his enduring legacy in Jamaica and the Caribbean. His contribution to the health Sector has been revolutionary. In addition to his company’s pharmaceutical division representing multinational and companies, it created its generic brand, LASMED and
introduced anti-retroviral drugs introduced to the Jamaican marketplace, selling the product at one-tenth the price set by the multinational drug companies. The company also made available, at no cost to the public for three years, anti-retroviral drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. His public service included membership of various public organisations, including the King’s House Charity Committee, EXIM Bank, the University Hospital of the West Indies School of Nursing, the Trade Board, and the Institute of Sports. The Honourable Lascelles Chin received the Order of Jamaica, the country’s fourth highest national honour in 2001; was conferred with the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) in 1986; named Business Leader of the Year 1996, and Jamaica Observer Business Leader of the Year 2000. He was also conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree (LLD) from the University of Technology Jamaica in 2015 and the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree (DHL) from Northern Caribbean University in 2016.
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