Jacqueline Emmanuel-Flood continues her more than twenty years of servitude and investment towards the development of the business and trade landscape in Saint Lucia. She is an expert in Development Planning and Project Development, Investment Analysis and Finance, and Trade Promotion. Jacqueline is currently on the Board of Directors for the CARICOM Development Fund and also serves as the Director of Economic Affairs and Regional Integration at the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission. She also did a stint as Head of the Competitive Business Unit within the OECS, and Trade Policy Facilitator at the OECS Secretariat.
In her former role as Director of the Office of the Private Sector Relations (OPSR), she spearheaded St. Lucia’s National Export Development Strategy. To add to her exemplary track record of leading roles, Jacqueline acted in the capacity of Executive Director for the St Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture; General Manager at the National Development Corporation; Senior Economist at the Ministry of Planning, Establishment and Training; and part-time Lecturer in Business Administration for the University of the West Indies Distant Learning Programme. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Barbados, and a master’s degree in Project Analysis, Finance and Investment from the University of York, in the United Kingdom.
