IFC - International Finance Corporation

•  Develop and manage relationships with clients, global and regional businesses, donor agencies, and international financial institutions, and IFC's partners in Haiti to further develop specific investment and advisory opportunities with high development impact.
•  Work with investment, advisory, upstream, and relevant IBRD and IFC teams to continue to roll out the IFC 3.0 strategy and develop the project pipeline including providing industry and market intelligence to assist in developing IFC’s program in Haiti.
•  Coordinate, internally and externally, IFC programs in Haiti.
•  In conjunction with the Country Manager, the Resident Representative, and in collaboration with the World Bank, develop and implement a strategy for IFC's Investment and Advisory activities in all streams with a focus on the key areas as per the regional strategy, including updating pipeline reporting and business-plans regularly.
•  Coordinate the development of a client engagement strategy for key clients existing or targeted.
•  Work across all the sectors especially energy, financial sector, transport and logistics, ICT, education and agribusiness to complete sponsor checks and due diligence, support IFC's project development activities, provide support during transaction execution and portfolio management. 
•  Coordinate closely with social, environmental, and technical assistance colleagues to add value to clients' businesses.
•  Propose pragmatic solutions to specific industry challenges to achieve sustainable development impact.
•  Maintain a good working knowledge of current investment and advisory operations in Haiti and respond to queries, as required.
•  Develop and maintain a good understanding of the country’s business, economic, and political background, and stay on top of key economic and political developments.
•  Represent IFC externally and provide visibility for IFC  in high profile events
• Serve as Creative Industries Lead for the Caribbean

Country Officer: Haiti, The Bahamas, St Maarten + Creative Industries Lead, Caribbean

Catholic Relief Services

Lead the expansion and diversification of revenue from institutional donors and non-traditional funding sources to achieve CRS' strategic objectives in 11 countries including Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone  Serve as a member of the West African Regional Office's Senior Management Team, and CRS' global BD community. Lead efforts in prepositioning, capture planning and pursuit of opportunities in West Africa, with a strong emphasis on diversification of new public and private revenue. Responsible for leading regional and supporting country efforts in finding funding to support their programming priorities by leading state-of-the-art business development practices in West Africa; researching relationships with current and potential donors; and gathering and managing information to create a pipeline of opportunities. Strengthen CRS' BD-related systems, processes, relationships, and staff capacities as well as help country programs to ensure sound project design and proposals; develop and maintain a roster of CRS staff and consultants to serve on proposal teams; lead technical and compliance reviews of all proposals; and monitoring progress to ensure learning is incorporated back into CRS's work.

Regional Business Development Manager, West Africa

Oversee and coordinate the development of positioning and marketing strategies. Actively research new funding opportunities, analyze them, and share with country program staff as appropriate. Meet with donor agencies and partners in Haiti for intelligence gathering purposes and to influence funding policies. Lead research on current and prospective donors. Support country program to improve capture planning capacities and practices, including identification of proposal development teams and expected proposal development support needs.

Prepare and manage proposal development plans, coordinating among in-country, regional, and HQ stakeholders. Lead the identification and acquisition of necessary resources (human and financial) to successfully respond to the proposal development process in coordination with Haiti and HQ staff. Support country program to perform due diligence in go/no-go analyses and decisions. As appropriate, serve in lead or support role in proposal teams. Write or edit technical narratives, produce budgets and other proposal pieces as required depending on capacities of proposal development team.

Provide BD strategic oversight and input for proposal teams; review proposals from a growth perspective as needed, including overall responsiveness to donor requirements, incorporation of cost-effectiveness considerations, and other aspects that may affect the organization’s competitiveness. Work closely with HQ publications and marketing department to develop multi-media communications products based on program successes and learning that effectively communicate results and generate donor interests.

Support the development and implementation of marketing activities, including products and events, often in collaboration with government, church, and NGO partners. Support program departments to develop and refine their strategies, based on evolving needs and the funding environment.

Business Development and Strategy Specialist, Haiti

Business Development (April 2019), Head of Programs (July 2019, March 2020)

Acting Business Development/Head of Programs, DRC (Intermittent)

Acting Head of Programs, Cameroon & Chad 

Centre de Facilitation des Investissements (CFI)

Management and Strategic Direction: Direct and guide multi-tiered team in achieving strategic promotional objectives to generate foreign direct investment (FDI) for key sectors of the Haitian economy, including Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Agribusiness, Textile/Apparel, New Technologies, Diaspora, and Tourism. Execute creation, development, and implementation of annual operational plan in close collaboration with executive management and key partners.

Marketing, Outreach, and Communications: Manage social media and graphic design teams, as well as outside agencies and marketing consultants. Develop new and innovative material in a variety of mediums, including video, flyers, pamphlets, booklets, and booth design. Attend over half a dozen trade shows in a variety of sectors throughout the year to promote Haiti's strategic advantage and benefits for foreign investors; as well as present on panels and give speeches on Haiti's value proposition. 

Financial Management: Control and execute budget with multiple funding streams, including the Government of Haiti, Inter-American Development Bank, and European Union. Manage development, implementation, and reconciliation of all expenses, purchases, and acquisitions. 

Relationship Management: Manage relationships with multiple multi-lateral institutions, including IDB, World Bank, European Union, CAIPA, SELA, USAID, US State Department, various Foreign Governments, and numerous Government of Haiti bodies, including Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Ministers Office. Furthermore engage with multiple private sector actors, both local and multi-national, as well as trade associations and non-profit bodies.

Director of Promotion at the Investment Promotion Center (CFI), Haiti

Digicel Group

Marcomms: Managed the creation, production and implementation of ATL and BTL marketing communications including TVC, Radio, OOH, Social Media, Website, and SMS; Management and Program Development: Grew Department from 1 to 20 staff among multiple management levels, and created TchoTcho’s nationwide outreach program while increasing responsibility and scope of Marketing Department; Relationship Management: Drove both external and internal relationships to maximize impact and efficacy of TchoTcho, including US Embassy, Fonkoze, Finca, USAID Hi-Five Project, Caracol Industrial Park, Clinton Global Initiative, as well as numerous NGOs and private-sector entrepreneurs. Internally collaborate with Finance, Digicel Business, COO, GSM Marketing, Customer Care, Sales, and Business Risk, as well as Digicel Group (Corporate Offices in Jamaica); Business Intelligence: Monitoring of markets, segments and products on the basis of internal and external market research data and considering consumer, shopper and retail insights, both for TchoTcho and MFS globally.

Financial Management: Managed 600K Budget, including development, justification and reconciliation for a diverse range of ATL, BTL, and Outreach activities in all 10 departments in Haiti

Marketing Manager, Mobile Financial Services

Pan American Development Foundation

Business Development and Reporting: Work with USAID, World Bank, American Red Cross, Government of Taiwan and UN agencies to develop proposals, implement grants, and adhere that all reporting guidelines, including communication and public relation requirements, are adhered to. Engage with Private-sector donors and Government ministries and officials.

Public Relations: Drive innovative and effective public relations activities in Haiti that support PADF initiatives and objectives; develop and implement annual and multi-year PR plans/strategies for PADF-Haiti, serve as a spokesperson for PADF-Haiti and respond to media queries; ensure headquarters communications protocol is adhered to; co-ordinate with all PADF internal and external consultants and partners in Haiti; facilitate the effective two-way flow of public relations relevant information in PADF-Haiti

Website: Maintain PADF website, including updating with relevant news articles, success stories, press releases, and photos
 
Media relations: Identify story opportunities within PADF that promote key strategic objectives and product launches, develop good relationships with the media, facilitate media visits, respond to media queries, develop media releases and statements, approval of media releases; setting up relevant interviews, speaking engagements and managing PR opportunities

Internal Communications: Keep Country Director and Directors informed of PR related activities and issue management; overall internal communications updates to PADF staff on press coverage and PR initiatives

Program and Event Management: Implementation, facilitation, and coordination of key PADF sponsored and co-sponsored events throughout the year, including liaising with external consultants, ensuring press coverage, and guest coordination. Collaboration with CBOs, civil society organizations, and grassroots organizations in order to launch and improve sales of agribusiness and artisanal products.

Communications Officer

Building Markets

Research: Design and manage program initiatives by conducting market research on the Haitian economy, including prioritized sectors (agribusiness, service industries, and construction). Assemble data sets (macroeconomic, microeconomic and institutional), drawing on various sources. Track policy developments in relevant areas. Ensure data quality control, and conduct basic quantitative and econometric analysis. Draft research papers and other written briefs on analyzed research.

Communications: Write and publish case studies and other pieces on the market economy of Haiti. Run all social media aspects of the project.

Outreach: Organize and attend meetings and conferences such as Haiti’s first Global Entrepreneurship Week and regional business development sessions. Conduct outreach with key stakeholders in policy and research communities.

Management: Supervise and train national staff in data collection and business development.

Communications and Research Analyst

Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos™

Communications: Ran communications department of international NGO with $20+ million dollar budget in post-earthquake Haiti.

Business Development: Managed grants, proposal development (including logframes and budgets), donor reporting, and project cycle monitoring, including IHRC, USAID, Clinton Foundation and the Weinberg Foundation.

Public Relations: Published articles, case studies, and annual and quarterly reports on organizational activities. Implemented website design and creation of promotional materials. Liaised with national and international organizations and government/ministry officials.

Management: Managed and trained a team of national staff in data collection, communications, and donor relations.

Global Emergency Relief

Operations Management: Supported operations and logistics for humanitarian emergencies in the largest hospital in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince.

Business Development: Coordinated with donors and other relevant stakeholders for the rehabilitation of the hospital, including Duke University and the University of Miami’s Project Medishare.

Management: Crafted and developed data and proposals for the successful American Red Cross grant and other funding initiatives.
Supervised national and international staff in operational logistics and donor relations.

Country Director

Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Gabriel Toure 

Research: Investigated juvenile diabetes care in Mali, including literature reviews, staff and patient
interviews, and field research at the national hospital and in the capital city of Bamako.

Donor Relations: Worked international drug companies to explore the possibilities and 
potential of implementing diabetes digital education initiatives within the country.

Outreach: Ran support and education groups at the World Diabetes Day celebration in Bamako. Assisted in organization of the day’s activities, and coordination of participants.

Diabetes Outreach Intern

City of Houston

Communications: Crafted messages from the Mayor of Houston to key international affiliates within the city with the purpose of strengthening ties between the Office and Houston’s international community.

Outreach: Organized and helped facilitate key events designed to promote strong economic ties between the City of Houston and strategic international partners, including the Chinese Trade Mission to Houston.

Public Relations: Interviewed, wrote, and published profiles of key international diplomats for the Department’s public outreach. Developed other pieces as needed.

International Affairs Intern, Mayors Office 

Impact Investment Professional with 10+ years of global experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Substantial experience conceptualizing and implementing strategic and impactful programming and initiatives in collaboration with multilaterals, foundations, and government actors.  Fluent in English and French with basic Spanish.

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