Entrepreneurship & Training
Barbara Jones
Dr. Andrea Blackwood Harriott
Finance & Management, Accounts
1. Barbara Jones
Special Skills
Proposal & Business Plan Writing and Review, Business Development & Implementation; Financial Analysis, Capital Budgeting, Strategic Management, Marketing Management, Fund Management, Company formation; Company Secretarial, Personnel Facilitation/Training.
Qualities
Visioning, Organizing, Initiative, Drive, Creativity, Good Interpersonal Skills, Integrity.
Professional Experience
Financial & Management Consultant, a Business Development & Implementation Specialist. Projects include but not exhaustive of Winchester Surgical & Medical Institute, Winchester Global Pharmacy Ltd., Paymaster Jamaica Ltd.; Cotterwood Water Supply System, the JAS Central Marketing System; MRD Inventory Management Ltd.; Swept Away Resort Hotel; Irie FM; Grand Lido, Terra Nova Hotel, and Boscobel Hotel expansions
Financial Consulting to several companies including First Caribbean International Bank (formerly CIBC).
Business Plan Writing and Reviews; Accountancy
Snr. Financial & Investment Analyst, Mair Russell & Associates (Mgnt. Consultants)
Snr. Financial & Investment Analyst, Mutual Life Assurance Society
Education
Diploma Course - Business Studies Teacher Training, University of Technology (College of Arts, Science & Technology)
Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance), Howard University , Washington D.C. , USA .
Masters of Business Administration, Barry University , Florida , USA
2. Glen Warren
Experties
Mortgage Underwriting & Administration;
Investment management - Pension Funds and Insurance portfolios.
Economic, financial and investment analysis.
Portfolio and risk management.
Professional Experience
Professional Summary: Twenty-four (24) years experience in the areas of West Indies Trust Company /NCB Ja. Limited; Kingston , Jamaica , Investment Manager Guardian Asset Management Limited; Kingston , Jamaica , Senior Risk & Research Analyst Guardian Life of the Caribbean Ltd., Port of Spain , Trinidad , Acting Investment Manager Guardian Life Limited, Kingston , Jamaica , Senior Investment Analyst Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society, Kingston , Senior Investment Analyst West Indies Trust Company Limited (NCB Group), Kingston , Securities (Investment) Supervisor
Education
MBA (Banking & Finance) - Mona Institute of Business, University of the West Indies
BSc (Management Studies (Special), honors, University of the West Indies
Certificate in Marketing, College of Arts Science & Technology (now UTECH)
Canadian Investment Management (CIM Designation), Canadian Securities Institute, Canada
3. Andrea Blackwood-Harriott, Phd
Experties
Marketing and strategic planning; Business plan writing and reviewing; corporate and personal development training; research
Professional Experience
Over 20 years experience in enterprise management, training and development.
Held senior management positions in the Caribbean and United States of America.
Management Consultancy and Training - taught and consulted on business strategy, governance and transformation as far a field as Japan , Fiji , Nigeria , Baku , Azerbaijan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and the English speaking Caribbean
Former senior lecturer at the Mona School of Business,(MSB) University of the West Indies .
Former academic director for the part-time MBA programs and anchored the MSB's offerings in marketing and management strategy.
Lecturer, Executive MBA candidates in Marketing and Strategic management at the Mona School of Business and the Northern Caribbean University
Certified a psychometric analyst
Certified Cash Flow Consultant with the American Cash Flow Institute .
Education
B.Sc. and PhD in Applied Chemistry, University of the West Indies , Jamaica
MBA, University of the West Indies with a marketing, strategic management focus and numerous trade and professional certification
Accounts and Financial Management
Keith Clarke
Partner, Capleton Jones & Company, Chartered Accountants
Special Skills
Auditing, taxation, financial statements, liquidation, mergers, acquisition.
Education
Masters in Accounting, University of the West Indies
ACCA, London, England
Membership
Mr. Clarke is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Jamaica
Videography
Johann Dawes. Mr. Dawes is the Executive Director of Hype TV . HYPE TV enjoys the distinction of being the original, 24-hour, music-based and entertainment-focused television channel in Jamaica , which started operations in 1999. Aimed at its ever-growing target audience of young, fashionable, trendy and vibrant Caribbean viewers, who have come to expect the same high quality of programming as delivered by cable channels, HYPE TV has impacted the market with an industry-leading package of programmes, thereby cementing its place in the top echelon of entertainment television providers in the island.
Centered around heavy rotation of popular music videos and music-based entertainment feature shows with enormous local, regional and international appeal, HYPE TV has achieved significant penetration of the Jamaican market (and is increasingly known in the Eastern Caribbean islands and the Diaspora in the United States of America), highlighting major Caribbean events such as Carnivals and music festivals, interviews with popular artistes, album and event launches and fashion shows eagerly consumed by the Caribbean diaspora. Johann is responsible for the direction of Hype TV. Mr. Dawes skills were developed and honed at Phased Two Productions, Jamaica .
George Walker. Mr. Walker is the General of Hype TV and has a degree in Mass Communications from the University of the West Indies . He has day to day oversight of the companys TVs programming, video productions, staffing and marketing. George understands Jamaican and Caribbean culture, and his authentic street connection and creativity has enabled him to build and guide a tremendously popular and original, non-stop Caribbean cable TV station, and not least a brand name, that instantly conjures up a sense of excitement, energy and mass appeal.
George has previous working experience in television in the United States of America , and currently teaches videography at the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC).
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