Dr. Judith M S Mark

CEO

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago23 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in strategic leadership roles.
Expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation development.
Extensive experience in venture capital and SME growth.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the energy and consulting sectors with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipEntrepreneurship EducationBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurship DevelopmentStrategic PlanningVenture CapitalStrategic Partnerships

Other Skills

Interpersonal SkillsNegotiationCritical ThinkingGoogle DocsCommunicationInterviewingRecruitingOrganizational PsychologyDesign ThinkingProblem SolvingData ManagementAttention to DetailPresentationsOrganization SkillsCreative thinker

About

Judith is a results-oriented, strategic thinker with strong managerial and interpersonal and skills and a track record of performance in public and private companies. She has worked for many years in the international energy sector, the SME and private equity sectors and as a university lecturer and corporate trainer in strategy, innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. She has held senior executive positions up to CEO and has served as Director on Boards in the public and private sectors. Her expertise covers the areas of corporate strategy, strategic planning and management, business re-engineering and entrepreneurial development and entrepreneurial leadership. Academic training includes finance, marketing, strategic branding, entrepreneurial leadership and management. Specialties: Strategic visioning, and leadership, private equity/venture capital financing, entrepreneurship development modelling, strategic innovation and academic coaching..

Experience

Self-employed

Business Strategy Advisor/ Enterprise Development Consultant

May 2011 – Sep 2024 · 13 yrs 4 mos · Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

The development of strategic and business plans, business models and policy documents for organizations
Current responsibilities include the conceptualization and implementation of enterprise development models for government,, private sector organizations and communities
Created corporate entrepreneurship programmes to facilitate innovation and creativity in organizations.
Organizational design and process restructuring
Transformation and Change Initiatives, Management Training and Sustainable Business Models
Executive Recruitment including the preparation of business cases and scenarios

Interpersonal SkillsCritical ThinkingBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurship Development

Chaguaramas development authority

Chief Executive Officer

Oct 2007 – Oct 2011 · 4 yrs · Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago

As CEO of CDA, a property development state entity I was responsible for the development of 14,500 acres of prime real estate in the western peninsula of Trinidad into a premier recreational and tourism destination. Duties involved the creation and implementation of the strategic action plan, development and implementation and management of large scale multi-million dollar projects, the management of 200 persons, diverse employee base represented by 3 unions and the development of policies and procedures required to ensure operational efficiencies were achieved.

Interpersonal SkillsCritical ThinkingStrategic PlanningLeadership

Arthur lok jack graduate school of business, the university of the west indies

Adjunct Faculty Member

May 2000 – Present · 25 yrs 10 mos · Mt. Hope, Trinidad & Tobago

Lecturer in the MBA Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Studies
Venture capital Financing, Design and Management of Innovative Start-ups, Business Planning, Managing Innovation, Managing Growth and Transformation in SMEs and Public-Private Partnerships.
Co-creator and facilitator of the Business Planning Workshops

Interpersonal SkillsNegotiationLeadershipEntrepreneurship Education

Venture capital incentive programme (vcip)

Administrator/ Chief Executive Officer

May 2000 – Jun 2006 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Port of Spain, Trinidad

The Administrator is the chief executive and government’s champion for the development of venture capital/private equity initiatives in Trinidad & Tobago. Responsibilities include a thourorogh understanding of the SME ecosystem , the identification and implementation of strategic initiatives towards the establishment of venture capital pools, the formation of strategic partnerships with international organisations involved in equity financing, and the creation and execution of programs to encourage risk investment in eligible small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Interpersonal SkillsNegotiationVenture CapitalStrategic Partnerships