MS. LISA HARDING
Lisa Harding holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), with a specialization in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, from Imperial College in the United Kingdom, and is a firm believer that Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s) are the main drivers of economic growth.
Lisa is the current Head (Ag.) of the Private Sector Development Division at the Caribbean Development Bank, where she is responsible for facilitating lending and investments, identifying relevant interventions that would improve the enabling environment, promoting regional trade and providing capacity building to MSMEs. Lisa also leads the Bank’s Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF). Her private sector portfolio is diverse and includes projects which are focused on private equities, lending for student loans, mortgage financing and to the productive sectors. Lisa has also conceptualized a regional women’s economic empowerment programme to support increased resilience of women owned and women led businesses in the region. Lisa also represents CDB on the Technical Program Advisory Group of the Compete Caribbean facility, the region’s largest private sector technical assistance programme.
A First-Class Honors graduate of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies, Lisa has pursued ongoing training in Leadership and Management from Cornell University, and l business development in international markets including Japan, Scotland and Switzerland. She also holds a certificate in “Gender and Organizational Change” from the ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy.
Lisa is passionate about private sector development and serves as a guest lecturer for UWI’s Student Entrepreneurial Education Development programme and the Caribbean Institute In Gender and Development.
