Ray Chang: A Business Leader With A Heart, Says PM

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed ‘deep sadness’ at the passing of Jamaican-born Canadian business leader and philanthropist the Hon. Dr. G Raymond ‘Ray’ Chang, OJ on Sunday, July 27.
In a statement from Trinidad where the Prime Minister is participating in the first Japan CARICOM Summit, Mrs. Simpson Miller said the death of Ray Chang has robbed Jamaica and Canada of one of their most accomplished sons in the areas of finance and philanthropy.

“The nation mourns the passing of this accomplished and outstanding son of the soil. Ray Chang was an inspired business leader with a heart who gave distinguished and diligent service to the land of his birth and his adopted homeland. He has left a void of immense proportion in the field of fund management, having headed Canada’s second largest investment fund management company – C I Financial Corp, while also investing meaningfully in businesses in Jamaica and extending his generosity to supporting areas of social and community development,” the Prime Minister said.

A 2003 recipient of the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for services to Jamaica, Ray Chang was conferred with the Order of Jamaica in 2011 for his outstanding contribution to business and philanthropy.

“On behalf of the government and people of Jamaica, I offer sincere condolences to his dear widow Donnette, and members of the immediate family, relatives and friends who mourn his passing, and pray you will all be comforted by the grace of God during this time of grief.”