Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon is the sixth President of Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the regional development finance institution based in Barbados. He was elected at a Special Meeting of the CDB Board of Governors held on January 19, 2021 for a five-year term, and assumed office on May 4, 2021.

Dr. Leon has over 30 years of experience in economic development and has directed macroeconomic and financial policy support to government authorities in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and the Caribbean.  He worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for more than 24 years, serving as Mission Chief for Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, The Bahamas, and the Gulf States of Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates, as well as IMF’s Senior Resident Representative in Jamaica and Nigeria.

Prior to his engagement with the IMF, Dr. Leon was an Associate Professor at State University of New York at Old Westbury in the United States. He has also served as Director of Research at the Central Bank of Barbados and Country Economist at CDB.

Dr. Leon holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom (UK) and a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc.) in Economics from the University of London also in the U.K.

Dr. Frannie Léautier, Senior Partner at SouthBridge Group and CEO of SouthBridge Investments, is a highly experienced and well-known finance and development expert, with long-standing global experience leading and transforming organisations in the private, public and non-for-profit spheres.

She had an illustrious career at the World Bank Group (WBG), where during her 15-year tenure, she held senior financial positions across the Group. Frannie was Chief of Staff to the President, and served as Vice-President for seven years of her tenure at the WBG. She was Infrastructure Director and played a critical role in the strategic work around the joint World Bank/IFC infrastructure products and played a crucial role in developing the WBG’s infrastructure strategy. At the WBG, she won several awards for her outstanding support and contributions.

She was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and chaired the AfDB Board for much of the time she was there. Dr. Léautier has held senior leadership roles at The Trade and Development Bank (TDB) Group, including Vice Chair of the Board, Special Advisor to the President before becoming TDB’s first Chief Operating Officer. She also led the Asset Management business of TDB, including the launch of a unique product for trade finance in Africa.

Ms Hassatou Diop N’Sele is the Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the African Development Bank Group since October 2022. She has been the Group Treasurer since May 2015.

Ms N’Sele is responsible for the mobilization and investment of financial resources for the Bank Group, financial reporting and financial risk management, as well as Client solutions and Syndication. She oversaw the launch of successful balance sheet optimization transactions of the Bank and the introduction of innovative instruments.

She is a seasoned professional, with more than 30 years of banking and finance experience. As Treasurer, she led the expansion of the AfDB capital markets activities across the globe. During her time in Treasury, Ms. N’Sele led a diverse team of professionals in the management of the Bank’s +USD 33 billion borrowing portfolio, oversaw the investment of the Bank Group’s liquidity in multicurrency portfolios, and supervised the back-office operations.

Prior to this position and from 2008, Ms. N’Sele was the Head of funding of the AfDB. Prior to joining the Bank in 1999, she was the finance director of Tiger Denrees Senegal, a commodity trading company, and a Manager at Citibank in Senegal.

Ms. N’Sele is a Senegalese citizen and holds an MBA in Finance and a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Current Chairman and Prime Minister, the Honourable Philip J. Pierre has had an illustrious career of public service spanning more than three decades, making him one of the longest serving Members of Parliament in Saint Lucia. Throughout his ministerial service he has contributed significantly to the shaping of modern Saint Lucia. As Minister of Financial Services he ushered in the international financial services sector with the piloting of key legislation to establish and regulate the sector. As Minister of Tourism he expanded the renowned Saint Lucia Jazz festival to an island wide activity and presided over the highest level of investment in the tourism sector for any given period.  

Having led the Saint Lucia Labour Party to victory in 2021 on a platform of “putting the people first”, Prime Minister Pierre has set about an ambitious programme to accelerate the development of his country based on the principles of inclusiveness, equity and sustainability. He is adamant that young men and women of Saint Lucia must be at the vanguard of social and economic transformation and as such has pioneered the establishment of the Ministry of the Youth Economy – the portfolio of which he holds in addition to that of Finance, Economic Development, Justice and National Security. As an unrepentant nationalist a major priority for the Prime Minister has been the advancement of the self actualization of the people of Saint Lucia. In this regard, and supported by his parliamentary team, he has completed the first step towards amending the Saint Lucia Constitution to institute the Caribbean Court of Justice as Saint Lucia’s Final Court of Appeal, replacing the United Kingdom’s Privy Council.

Throughout his career both in the public service and as a regional consultant, the Prime Minister has remained a committed regionalist, holding firm to the view that the Caribbean can only go forward together. As Minister of Commerce, it is this philosophy that undergirded his leadership of Saint Lucia’s implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, and accompanying initiatives such as the expansion of the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards to ensure local producers could take advantage of expanded market access.  

Committed to the strengthening of regional institutions, Prime Minister Pierre has used his chairmanship of the Board of Governors of Caribbean Development Bank to advocate for improved access to adequate and affordable finance that appropriately takes into account the unique vulnerabilities of Borrowing Member Countries.

Prime Minister Pierre holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from the University of the West Indies.  

Ms Sunita Daniel is an Economist and Chief Executive Officer of Export Saint Lucia, the national agency responsible for trade and export promotion in Saint Lucia. She has worked in that capacity for five (5) years and has worked with a team of trade professionals to increase the value and volume of Saint Lucian exports. Ms Daniel previously served as a lecturer of Economics and the Chief Planning Officer for Agriculture for Saint Lucia. She has also worked for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) as Programme Liaison Officer to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Ms Daniel serves as the Chairperson for the Saint Lucia Marketing Board and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards as well as a member of the Marketing Committee of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority.

She holds a Master of Science Degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London, a BSc in Economics and Management from the University of the West Indies (St Augustine) and a professional-level qualification in Project Management from Cambridge University.

Ms Sunita Daniel possesses a vast experience in the areas of policy and planning, trade facilitation, agricultural and business development, and resource mobilization.

Karyl is the Director of Marketing and Business Development with the responsibility for increasing the impact of Financial Alliance for Women’s communications, providing institutional support to members on Women’s Markets Program development as well as supporting the Alliance’s expansion.

Prior to joining the Alliance, Karyl worked for 12 years at BLC Bank, Lebanon, where she served as the Head of Product Development until she was assigned Head of Brand Management in 2013, leading the strategic planning process for the Bank’s brands to build the brand equity. 

She played a fundamental role in developing, implementing and overseeing the execution of We Initiative, the Women Empowerment program launched in 2012 by BLC Bank. During her years managing the We Initiative, she was a speaker at numerous international conferences and in 2016, was selected as one of the Financial Alliance for Women network’s “All-Star instructors”. Throughout her years at BLC Bank, she has trained more than 50 banks around the globe on how to develop a Women’s Market Program.

Due to her active role in the women empowerment scene, she was elected on the board of the Lebanese League for Women in Business in 2015 and re-elected for a second term in 2017, where she holds the function of Treasurer.

Karyl holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. In 2016, she received the AUB Computer Science Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

Mrs. Sandra Reifer-Wallerson (nee Reifer) was born in West Germany to Barbadian Parents. After living in several countries, her family settled in Barbados in 1984.

Sandra graduated from the University of West Indies in 1994, where she obtained a BA (Hons) and again in 2012 when she graduated with an Executive Masters in Business Administration, with Distinction.

From a career start in 1994 as a Sales Associate with Colombian Emeralds International Sandra held positions of Merchandiser, Assistant Store Manager and Store Manager.

In 2003 she changed her career focus when she transitioned to Customer Service Manager with Cingular Wireless Barbados.

In 2006 Sandra joined Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited then Barbados National Bank as a Customer Service Quality Officer. She progressed through the ranks to Customer Service Manager, Retail Branch Manager and Corporate Manager, to her current position as Senior Manager, Retail Banking.

Between 2015- 2017, Sandra was selected to work in Ghana, to assist with bringing staff of Republic’s newly acquired HFC Bank Ghana Limited in concert with Republic Bank’s standards in service delivery.

Having gained substantial experience in her career, Sandra is considered a lending specialist in Corporate, Retail & Renewable Energy financing, a Customer Service expert, Certified Trainer and an Influencer in employee relations.

Sandra has gained many personal rewards, including: Winner of the Richard Stoute Teen Talent Dance contest in 1988, Winner of Ms. Barbados Independence Queen show in 1992, Winner of the Salute to Barbados Poetry competition in 1992, Barbados Adventure Race competitor and 3rd place winner 2020 and cast member, in numerous stage performances in the areas of singing, dancing and acting.

As often as possible, Sandra spends her free time with her children & other family members, going to the gym/exercising, dancing and volunteering in initiatives geared at supporting/assisting needy families.

Ashley Outten is currently the Director of Finance and Operations at the Bahamas Development Bank where she leads the Financial Control, Human Resources, Information Technology and the Governance Risk and Compliance Teams. She has been with BDB for eight (8) years and served as the Acting Managing Director from September 2021 to July 2022.

Prior to her joining BDB, she worked in the offshore banking industry as a Client Accountant for 10 years with global banks such as Citibank and JP Morgan. Ms. Outten received her foundational accounting experience with Deloitte Bahamas where she was employed for 3 years in progressive levels within the firm, ultimately as the Audit Senior. She is a former student of St. John’s College, the University of Miami School of Business, the recipient of a Level A1 Dele Spanish Diploma. She is currently enrolled at the Edinburgh Napier University pursuing a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Innovation.

Over the years, she has learnt how to unite veteran leadership with upcoming talent to obtain maximum efficiency and acquire results. Ashley is a promoter of financial savviness and encourages sustainable financial practices amongst her peers.

Her hobbies include traveling, planning vacations, small renovation projects and reading inspirational books. Her life message, “The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.”

Mr. Isaac Solomon is the Vice-President (Operations) at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). In that position, he provides leadership and direction to the Economics and Projects Departments and the Corporate Strategy Division. In addition, he spearheads the Bank’s engagement with its borrowing members and development partners.

Prior to joining CDB, Solomon held senior positions at RBC Royal Bank, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and the Government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

Solomon has a varied background in education and training. He holds a BSc. (Hons.) degree from the University of the West Indies in Management, and a MSc. degree in Financial Management from the University of London’s Centre for International Education in Economics. He also holds the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designations.

Solomon held many directorships on the boards of a wide array of institutions across the region in the areas of finance, telecommunication, aviation among others.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Mr. Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 15 August 2022.

Mr. Stiell served as senior minister in the Government of Grenada from 2013 until June 2022, holding the portfolio of Minister for Climate Resilience and the Environment for five years.

He previously served as Minister for Education and Human Resource Development, Minister of State with responsibility for human resource development and the environment and as a Parliamentary Secretary within the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries.

He also served as a member of Grenada’s Upper House of Parliament, the Senate, where he served as Leader of Government Business.

Prior to joining government, Mr. Stiell’s career spanned some fourteen years within the technology sector, holding senior executive positions in a number of industry leading companies, from Silicon Valley based technology start-ups to major corporations, including Nokia and GEC Plessey Telecommunications.

Mr. Stiell originally trained as an engineer at London Metropolitan University and College of North West London, and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom.

Federico Galizia, an Italian national, has more than twenty-five years’ experience in international organizations and financial institutions, most recently as Chief Risk Officer of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In that capacity, he led the Office of Risk Management, which oversees market, credit, operational and socio-environmental risk in accordance with the shareholders’ triple-A mandate, and advised the IDB’s President, Executive Vice President, and Board of Directors.

Prior to joining the IDB, Federico served as Head of Risk and Portfolio Management and Chairman of the Investment and Risk Committee at the European Investment Fund in Luxembourg, supporting small business debt and equity finance during the European sovereign crisis. Before that, he was Deputy Division Chief in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., and Adviser to the President of the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Starting his career with McKinsey, he brings extensive experience in private sector investments, across multiple industries and geographies.

As IFC Vice President, Risk and Finance, Federico's top priorities will be to (i) provide overall direction for IFC's Risk and Finance functions and ensure that thorough oversight is maintained for IFC’s activities in an increasingly complex and decentralized environment while enabling the ambitious program growth to meet IFC’s capital increase commitments; (ii) oversee IFC’s Controller, Investment & Credit Risk; Corporate Risk Management; and Special Operations functions; and (iii) further develop and manage IFC's enterprise risk management frameworks and processes.

Federico holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and has published and lectured extensively on banking and financial-sector issues.

Tonni Brodber is the Representative of the UN Women Multi-Country Office- Caribbean.

Prior to her appointment in August 2020, Ms. Brodber served as Deputy Representative from 2015 -2020 with the MCO Caribbean. Before this Ms Brodber was the Team Leader for the Advancing Gender Justice in the Pacific programme with the UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office.

Ms Brodber served as the Gender Specialist for the United Nations Development Programme in South Africa, as well as briefly with the UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office and established what is now the UN Women Country Office in Haiti.

Ms. Brodber’s work experience also includes lecturing in International Relations and Development Studies at Yanshan University in China, and directing and co-producing, a film on Haiti.

Ms. Brodber received her first degree from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and has post graduate degrees in Development Studies and Business Administration from the London School of Economics and ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

Ms. Brodber is raising two sons with her husband

Michele Irving has been a community worker and advocate for over 30 years. She has worked as the Women’s Development Officer for the Stann Creek District for over 20 years. This community activist and human rights defender was born and resides in Dangriga, Belize. She has received several awards and recognition of her community work with POWA (Productive Organization for Women in Action) the organization she coordinates and helped formed. Productive Organization for Women in action (POWA) is a community-based women’s group born in 2003 to fight for the rights of women and girls to exist peacefully, free from gender based violence and gender discrimination. Under Michele’s leadership the group has grown into a very vibrant peer to peer education women’s group reaching far into communities and working to transform the lives of women and their families. All POWA’s programs are based on principles of respect for human rights, gender equality and equity. GirlPOWA is the vibrant youth arm of POWA that focuses on girls and their empowerment journey. Since January of 2023 Michele Irving has been appointed the Executive Director of the National Women’s Commission, the NWC is a part of the National Gender Machinery that focuses on Gender Equality, Equity and Women’s Empowerment through the strengthening of legislation, and policies that supports the Gender Justice.

Tamara Huggins (she/her) is the Director of the Women's Voice and Leadership - Caribbean project for the Equality Fund. Her work has focused on advancing human rights and gender equality in development processes within Canada and the Caribbean, serving as a Consultant, Researcher/Investigator, Programme Officer, and Assistant Director to various organizations. Tamara has a passion for regional integration and meeting the needs of communities across the region working to eradicate violence, empower women in leadership, build environmental sustainability, and amplify the voices of youth.  It gives her life to show solidarity with Caribbean people who are relentless in the pursuit of a better world.  

Judith Wedderburn is the recently retired Director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES) Jamaica and for over 30 years, has worked as an educator, trainer, advocate and researcher in the field of gender and development in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Programmes were developed for and in collaboration with a diverse range of partners in the academic community and the public sector, in civil society, and with trade unions and political parties nationally and regionally. Specific development challenges were addressed through training programmes which utilized both traditional and participatory learning techniques such as drama-in-education. The main themes addressed include human rights, governance and corruption, transformational leadership for young women and men, and a range of gender-related themes. These include gender-responsive policy, women’s empowerment and women’s human rights, gender-based violence, gender issues in the media, in poverty, in trade and globalization, and in climate change. As a dedicated civil society activist, Ms. Wedderburn has also supported lobbying and advocacy activities for legislative reform and policy development, has served on a number of public sector and civil society boards, and is a founding member and currently, a Director of WMW Jamaica.  She also served as the Jamaica Country Expert for the Bertelsmann Transformation Index published by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany. 

Dr. Halimah DeShong is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the IGDS: NBU. She is an experienced feminist researcher, published in the areas of gendered and gender-based violence, feminist methodologies, anti-colonial feminisms, qualitative interviewing and analysis. She is the co-editor (with Professor Kamala Kempadoo) of Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender & Sexuality (2020) and is currently completing another book length manuscript on violence, the coloniality of gender and change. Her scholarly work appears in a wide range of peer-reviewed academic journals and books. She is joint editor of four special issues on Feminist Methodologies; Men and Masculinities; and Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in the Caribbean. Dr. DeShong has advised Caribbean governments on gender-based violence policies and laws, is the author of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) National Gender-based Violence Action Plan and has jointly designed a GBV/HFLE curriculum for post-secondary school students in SVG (with Dr. Tonya Haynes). She was also the lead researcher and author of the qualitative component of the UN Women/CARICOM/Caribbean Development Bank Women’s Health Survey on violence against women in Grenada. Dr. DeShong served as an Ambassador and Second Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations. She was SVG’s expert, during the country’s two-year tenure (January 2020 to December 2021) on the United Nations Security Council on Women, Peace and Security; Children and Armed Conflict; Youth, Peace and Security; and the Protection of Civilians. In addition to this, she also covered the situations in Mali, Somalia, Guinea-Bissau, and West Africa and the Sahel. 

As a Senior Consultant on women’s economic empowerment, she has supported programs across the Caribbean, MENA countries and Ghana. She has also served as a Senior Technical Adviser on SMEs in Ghana developing a specialized program for women’s economic empowerment. Given her focus on innovative inclusive finance, she introduced the 2X Global, the global industry leader on gender lens financing to the Caribbean, resulting in the successful launch of the first 2X qualified gender lens investment fund in the Caribbean. She is a Board Member of the Caribbean Women in Trade, registered in Curacao and is Board VP International, at the Overseas Women in International Trade (OWIT) UK Chapter, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Network Caribbean (WENC) and is a 2X Global Ambassador and Peer Network Co-Lead on Board Diversity and Women in Leadership. She also serves as a member of the Gender, Social Inclusion and Trade (GST) Working Group of the UK Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund (TAF2+) and is a member of the Gender Declaration Working Group, Geneva. Nicole has successfully managed a combined portfolio of US$20 million, executing projects with WIPO, the United Nations ITC, UNWomen, SECO, UK FCDO, & GIZ working with public and private sector partners in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the MENA region. She is a Certified Expert on Inclusive Finance Policy and holds an M.A. in Economics. 

A rural woman, first and foremost, Keithlin Caroo is an advocate and changemaker in the fields of gender equity in agriculture and rural development in St. Lucia. She is the founder of ‘Helen’s Daughters’ a nonprofit organization that focuses on rural women’s economic empowerment through advocacy, capacity development and improved market access. The organization pays special attention to the training of rural communities (particularly women) in the area of sustainable agriculture, agri-business and overall self-development. The organization focuses on four strategic pillars: highlighting the role that women play in agriculture and food security, creating linkages for more women farmers to earn sustainable incomes, introducing women farmers to free or low-cost educational opportunities in the realm of sustainable agriculture, agri-tech and climate resilient farming and empowering women from rural communities to become leaders and decision-makers, in and outside of the agricultural sphere. While her academic background lay in the field of International Relations and Political Science, having served five years at the United Nations Secretariat in New York in the areas of Peacekeeping and Political Affairs, she has never forgotten her farming roots, particularly after noticing the vast inequities relating to gender roles in the agricultural sector, which is what led to the creation of Helen’s Daughters, as a means to redefine gender roles in agriculture and to create an enabling environment for women to enter and thrive in the sector. Ms. Caroo is a One Young World Ambassador, the recipient of the 2018 National Youth Award in Agriculture by the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports in St. Lucia, a Thought for Food Ambassador for the Caribbean, a Forbes Island Innovation feature, an Ashoka and Echoing Green fellow, a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Humanitarian Services and an IICA Goodwill Ambassador. 

Marisa Hutchinson joined the IWRAW Asia Pacific team in January 2020 from the beautiful island of Barbados. Marisa coordinates IWRAW Asia Pacific programmes on Environmental Justice and Rights of Marginalised Groups of Women, using an intersectional feminist approach in her analysis and work, to spotlight the intersection of climate change and human rights. She works with grassroots women and other marginalised communities in the Global South to build a feminist climate justice movement. As a Caribbean and black feminist, Marisa has worked locally and regionally on gender issues affecting women, with a focus on gender-based violence survivors and their children, at-risk girls and LBQ women, contributing to raising awareness on taboo issues and marginalised identities within societies, educating marginalised groups on their rights to agency, health care, welfare and protection, and assisting in the capacity building of these groups. She is currently a member of the Women and Gender Constituency Facilitative Committee under the Women's Environmental & Development Organisation (WEDO), sits on the advisory of the Environment and ESCR group/programme of the ESCR-Net and contributes to the vision and work of the human rights and climate change working group under the Center for International Environmental Law in Geneva. 

Kavell Joseph is a public policy consultant and attorney at law in Trinidad and Tobago and the State of New York. She currently works in the Latin America and Caribbean Gender Innovation Lab within the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank Group. Kavell Joseph's expertise in public policy in the last seven years at the World Bank Group has covered a wide range of legal and economic development areas such as legal gender gaps, financial inclusion, youth development, digital innovation, refugee law, development finance, and climate change investment. She has authored and contributed to several public policy reports and blogs published under the World Bank, United Nations, World Economic Forum, Rand Corporation, Girls not Brides, and the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource. Kavell has also worked at the Public International Law & Policy Group and has supported local organizations in Trinidad and Tobago in the areas of gender policy and sustainable development. She holds an LLM in International Legal Studies from the American University Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies. 

Ashlee Burnett is a Trinbagonian-born educator and advocate is a 2022 Chevening Scholar pursuing an MSc Education (Policy and International Development) at the University of Bristol. She is a 2020 Women Deliver Young Leader and the 2022 Colin Robinson Hard Head Award Winner for her transformational leadership and activism. She is the founder of Feminitt Caribbean where she leads a dynamic and passionate core team and volunteers that uses education, social good, and conversation to advance access to comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services for young people in the Caribbean. She is an Advisor to the Global Advisory Committee for the Caribbean region at FRIDA, The Young Feminist Fund and serves as the Learning, Research and Creative Lead at Transform Education hosted by the United Nations Girls Education Initiative. Ashlee holds a BA English Language and Literature.  

Amílcar Peter Sanatan is the Assistant Director - Gender Affairs, Gender and Child Affairs in the Office of the Prime Minister. He has developed public policy, programmes, reports, studies and interventions on mainstreaming gender equality, youth empowerment, creative arts and rights-based approaches to development in the Caribbean and Americas region. Sanatan holds a BSc. Psychology and MPhil. Interdisciplinary Gender Studies from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. He is currently enrolled as a PhD. student at the same institution. 

Mr. Daniel Best is Director of the Projects Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). In this role, he is accountable for the management, pipeline development, appraisal and implementation of the Bank’s lending and technical assistance programmes across multiple sectors.

Since becoming Director in 2015, Daniel has been credited for consistently leading his team to deliver strong results, significantly contributing to the Bank’s achievement of its critical targets. Before being promoted to his current position, Daniel held various leadership roles within the Projects Department, through which he led teams to achieve impactful results through infrastructure development across the Caribbean Region.

Prior to joining CDB, Daniel was the Regional Project Manager for a multinational commercial financial institution, where he successfully led the implementation of the organisation’s regional infrastructure strategy.

Daniel is a Civil Engineer with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Durham and a Project Management Professional with over 25 years of experience.

Kenson Casimir currently serves as the Minister for Youth Development and Sports in Saint Lucia. A former national junior athlete of the year, community worker, educator, broadcaster, lecturer and public servant he has contributed on may fronts to national development.  From humble beginnings, he forged a path to both academic and professional success. A graduate of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Grambling State University and a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication from the University of Texas. A proud son of Gros Islet, he continues to fuel his unmatched passion for community development and sports being actively involved several enterprises and philanthropic undertakings in these sectors. His work continues in earnest as his commitment to service touches the lives of many underrepresented groups and individuals in the Gros Islet district. 

Hon. Cozier P. Frederick (CHOUBOUTOUIBA) is presently the Minister for the Environment, Rural Modernization, Kalinago Upliftment and Constituency Empowerment in the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and Member of Parliament for the Salybia Constituency, which includes the Kalinago Territory. He serves on the Dominica Reparations Committee and the Kalinago Events Committee and is a former Kalinago Affairs Development Officer and school teacher at the Salybia Primary School in the Kalinago Territory.

Honorable Frederick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons.) in History with Political Science from UWI Cave Hill Campus and has presented locally, regionally and internationally on Kalinago Heritage as an MPhil Candidate. He was the Country Coordinator of the International Caribbean Ties Exhibition produced in the Netherlands in 2019 and is credited for being the founder of the Salybia Heritage and Restoration Project (SHARP Inc) in 2015. He served as a member of The Board of Directors of the National Broadcasting Corporation (2007/8). Minister Frederick co-authored archaeology and anthropology research papers, published articles on Kalinago in magazines and online and was a co-curator for the Kalinago “Our Lives” exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of the North American Indian (2003/4) in Washington DC.

Honorable Cozier Frederick is a researcher, advocate, educator, martial artist, musician, and visual artist, and works closely with numerous youth organizations, civil groups, and the Atkinson Village Council and the Kalinago Council.