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Economist
Essays, the Bridgetown Brief, and academic research on fiscal policy and small island economies.
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Builder
A working portfolio across property, investment, extractives, events, and public equities.
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Caribbean Leader
Senior public-sector economist. Regional labour executive. Board and committee service across the Caribbean.
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Writing
Bridgetown Brief
2-min read
On 14 May 2026, the IMF announced a staff-level agreement on a 36-month precautionary Stand-By Arrangement for Barbados, providing access to SDR 189 million should it be needed. What a precautionary arrangement actually signals, and what it means for the rest of the Caribbean, is the more important story.
Bridgetown Brief
2-min read
Antigua and Barbuda ran a 2025 primary surplus near 5 per cent of GDP. The same staff report flagged significant arrears to Paris Club creditors and domestic suppliers. Both sentences are true. They describe the same fiscal year. The instrument that holds them together is the Citizenship-by-Investment programme, and the same instrument tells the opposite story in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Bridgetown Brief
2-min read
Total investment in the Caribbean averaged 28 per cent of regional GDP in 2023, above both OECD and Latin American averages. The OECD and IDB say the figure is misleading. What is driving it, and what it is actually building, tells a different story.
Data product
The Caribbean Debt Tracker is a quarterly open dataset on regional public debt sustainability, refreshed against each new IMF World Economic Outlook.Issue No. 01, May 2026. The full Tracker includes a fiscal position quadrant showing where each economy sits by primary balance and debt burden.
Sources: IMF WEO April 2026, Article IV cycle 2025–2026, CDB CERO 2025–2026
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Investment and co-development
→Joint ventures, co-investment, and development partnerships with the McBeck Group across real estate, mining, energy, agribusiness, and infrastructure across the Caribbean, the Americas, and Asia.
Advisory and governance
→Active board director and fiscal advisor. Advisory on investment strategy, fiscal and labour policy, and governance across Caribbean, regional, and international institutions.
Speaking and research
→Conference keynotes and panel participation on Caribbean economies, fiscal policy, and sustainable finance. The Bridgetown Brief and the Blue-Green Token as public research outputs.
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