Dr. Kathryn Budhooram, PMP, MBA, B.Sc. - Senior Manager, Rating Operations, Stategic Planning & Brand Development

Dr. Kathryn Budhooram is a Senior Manager, Rating Operations, Strategic Planning, and Brand Development at CariCRIS.  In this position, she leads a team responsible for providing credit ratings and analyses for companies spanning the financial and corporate sectors throughout the region. Prior to joining CariCRIS in 2010, Kathryn was employed at Caribbean Money Market Brokers Limited (CMMB) for five (5) years, where she last held the position of Bond Trader with a focus on US Treasuries, Eurobonds and US$ denominated bonds for the Held-for-Trading and Available-for-Sale portfolios.  During her tenure at CMMB, Kathryn was also selected as a Subject Matter Expert - Repo Module for the company’s business aspect of the Core Business Application where she was involved in its implementation in the firm’s offices in Trinidad, Barbados and St. Lucia.

Kathryn holds a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) from the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business. She is also a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is a member of the Project Management Institute, USA.  She holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in International Business from St. John’s University, N.Y., USA where she graduated Beta Gamma Sigma and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Economics from the University of The West Indies (St. Augustine).