Dr. the Honourable, Henry Lowe is a bio-chemist specialising in the development of medicines from Jamaican plants for the treatment of cancers and other diseases. He was born in 1939 and attended Calabar and Excelsior High Schools. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in chemistry at the University College of the West Indies and did his post-graduate studies in Australia, the UK and the USA. On returning to Jamaica, he lectured at the then College of Arts, Science and Technology (now the University of Technology) for 16 years before joining the Ministry of Energy and he later established the first Ministry of Science and the Environment in the CARICOM region, the current Ministry is Science, Energy and Technology). He worked in the private sector as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Blue Cross of Jamaica. As an entrepreneur and philanthropist he founded the EHF Group of Companies, which includes a private, not for profit organization, Environmental Health Foundation (EHF), established in 1992, to enhance the quality of people’s lives in Jamaica. Related companies include Eden Gardens Wellness & Lifestyle Limited (a premier wellness & lifestyle centre), Bio-Tech R&D Institute (a company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of health and wellness products from Jamaican plant-based materials) and Medicanja (a company that undertake cutting edge research on the medicinal uses of Ganja). He has has discovered several bioactive molecules from Jamaican plants (particularly Jamaican Ball Moss and Guinea Hen Weed) and has had success in patenting and registering drugs with the US-based Federal Drug Administration for the treatment of myeloid leukemia. Amongst his many awards, he was conferred with the Commander of the Order of Distinction in 1982 and the Order of Jamaica in 2012.