Considered the architect and leader of the social enterprise movement in Jamaica, Saffrey has designed, tested and shown proof of concept of purpose-driven businesses to provide market-driven solutions that are sustainable and scalable. Saffrey designed and implemented the first social enterprise incubation programme in the Caribbean, which is credited as the catalyst for the rapid growth and expansion of the social enterprise sector. Experienced in shaping the policy environment to support the social economy ecosystem, Saffrey has delivered as a social entrepreneur in both the UK and Jamaica, and has provided the framework for the development of the sector in the Caribbean.
Saffrey is the current Chair of the Council of Voluntary Social Services and a Director of the Peace Management Initiative. In 2018, she took up her role as Vice President of North America and the Caribbean of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), and serves on the International Labour Office’s (ILO) Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Working Group.
Suzanne is a clean energy expert with 15 years’ experience, in emerging and developed economies, focused on investing to deliver positive social and environmental gains alongside solid financial returns. She has assessed sustainable energy and transport investments of cumulative 1 billion USD, for development and financing institutions such as IDB and UNDP, resulting in investments including 30 Solar Schools in Jamaica, and an electric vehicle program in St. Vincent. These investments have increased energy security and climate resilience in the Caribbean. Internationally, she has helped energy companies green their energy supply portfolios, and advised European institutions on seed and grant funding programs for businesses in the renewable energy, fuel cells and hydrogen sectors.
A practicing attorney and successful entrepreneur, Philip has a long history in micro-finance and creating access for the unbanked, and understands the economic barriers to personal and national wealth creation.
A past fellow of the Partners of the Americas, a U.S. Department of State Fellowship with Accion USA in New York, Philip was also a Year 2000 nominee of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award, has served as a director of the National Housing Trust and the Central Waste Water Treatment Company, and currently sits of the boards of the Jamaica Automobile Association, Trade Board and the St. Ann Development Company Ltd. He is managing partner of Bernard and Co. Attorneys-at-Law and Managing Director of Jamaica Small Loans and Manufacturing Limited.
Onika is the Managing Director of the MCS Group, and serves the Board in an Advisory capacity. With a rich background in public sector, as well as national social and economic development, Onika is able to meet the objectives of triple bottom line development in a real and applicable way.