REBIT FACILITATORS

 

MARTIN FRANCIS

CEO & Co-Founder, Leadership Development Coach – LMI Certified – Facilitates the Total Leader Concept


Martin Francis is a Leadership Development expert, with 30 years of experience crafting the minds, values, and attitudes of diverse audiences, ranging from secondary school students to leaders of multinational corporations.  His unique skill set has been built and refined through the vast array of roles he has held in local, regional, and international spheres.  These extend beyond human development and include areas such as Sales and Marketing, Information Technology, Operations and Strategy. Martin is the Chief Executive Officer of ReBIT Limited, which he co-founded in the year 2000. He is a certified Coach through Leadership Management International, an organization founded in 1964. He has been able to impact both the Public and Private Sectors through customized coaching and a unique development process.  He is privileged to have served small and medium enterprises as well as major corporations in a diverse cross-section of sectors, including Finance, Energy, Telecommunications, Marketing and Advertising, Legal, Beverage, Utility, Marine, Human Resources and Graphic Communications. Martin is the recipient of several World, most recent being the 2020 Americas Motivator of the Year; the 2020 World Motivator of the Year and the World Individual Sales Olympics - Bronze Medal 2020.




GAIL FRANCIS

COO and Co-Founder ReBIT Limited; Leadership Development Coach – LMI Certified – Facilitates the Total Leader Concept

Gail Francis is an Executive Coach and Facilitator with some 30 years of experience, honed and grounded in both an academic and corporate milieu. She has practiced in a unique cross-section of industries over the years, including Education,Manufacturing, Advertising, Finance and Banking.  Gail is a Director of ReBIT Limited, which she co-founded in the year 2000.  A Training and Development Consultancy firm with organizational culture change at its core, under Gail’s co-leadership, ReBIT has had great success bringing impactful solutions to a vast array of sectors: Finance, Energy, Telecommunications, Marketing and Advertising, Legal, Beverage, Utility, Marine, Human Resources and Graphic Communications. Gail is a Licensee for Leadership Management International (LMI), considered to be one of the top companies in the area of Leadership Development, with a presence in 85 countries worldwide.  Her diligence and determination have seen her win many an award (2007 and 2008 – Progressive Growth Award 2007, World Motivator award 2007, Trinidad Builder of the Year 2008, President’s Honor Club Masters Degree 2008, Top Caribbean Sales Organisation 2008) from LMI, earned not just locally, but also on a regional and international playing field.

 

Sharon Christopher

Leadership Development Coach – LMI Certified – Facilitates the Power of Resilience

Sharon Christopher is the founder and CEO of Sharon Christopher and Associates, an organization that has as its Mission “helping people live their best lives.” Sharon is a Leadership Development Coach, a Motivational Speaker and an Attorney at Law. For many years she was the only woman in an Executive team, which successfully led the merger, of three indigenous banks, during a severe economic downturn, turning the merged Institution (First Citizens) into a financial powerhouse with operations in five jurisdictions in the Caribbean and Latin America. She has held and continues to hold Directorships on numerous Boards, of local, regional, and international companies and of charitable organizations. She is currently the Chair of the Campus Council of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies. The Campus Council is the governing body of the Campus. 








NIGEL ROMANO

Leadership Development Coach – LMI Certified – Facilitates the Total Leader Concept

Nigel Romano is a Chartered Accountant and Banker with extensive global experience in banking, finance and public accounting.  He was the CEO and Managing Director of JMMB Bank (T&T) Limited, a subsidiary of the JMMB Group, a position he held from March 2015 to his retirement in July 2019. He started his career with KPMG then joined Citibank, where he spent twenty-one years in five countries, starting as CFO in Trinidad & Tobago.  He also worked with Citi’s businesses in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.  He has also held senior positions with EY (Tax and Corporate Finance Partner), the ANSA McAL Group (Financial Services Sector Head) and the Caribbean Development Bank (Director, Finance and Corporate Planning and Vice President, Operations). He is currently the Chairman of National Flour Mills Limited, NIPDEC, and the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute; serves as a director on the board of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited and is a member of the FIFA appointed Normalization Committee overseeing the affairs of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association.

 

WARREN SOOKDAR

Leadership Development Coach – LMI Certified – Facilitates the Total Leader Concept

Warren Sookdar is a results driven and accomplished executive who is acknowledged for building and managing successful teams both in the Caribbean and Canada. His particular strengths are in aligning corporate and business strategies to operational performance thereby creating and maintaining high customer satisfaction levels. With over 35 years experience within the financial services sector, he has driven the  I.T. and Change Management Strategies at three major financial institutions in the Caribbean and in Canada. Mr. Sookdar’s qualifications include an MBA, a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management and several other certifications in Project Management and Management Studies. He is currently a serving Board Member at two major financial institutions. Additionally, he is currently an adjunct lecturer at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business.  As well, Mr Sookdar is a certified facilitator with Leadership Management International (LMI) and has been facilitating organizations in Strategic Planning and Leadership Development interventions. Mr. Sookdar is an active Rotarian and is also involved in the mentoring of “at risk” youth from inner city communities.

 

Ms. GEORGIA DONALDSON

Georgia has spent over twenty years serving individuals and organisations through her coaching, human resource, business psychology and facilitation skills. Throughout Georgia’s career as an HR professional, she has served at various levels in different industries ranging from Shipping, the Legal Fraternity, Financial Services and manufacturing. She was the HR Manager for the law firm Pollonais, Blanc, de la Bastide & Jacelon, the Country Chief Culture and Human Development Officer for JMMB TT and Chief People Officer for National Flour Mills Limited. Georgia is a Behavioural Coach, a Senior Certified Professional (SCP-SHRM) and a Certified Mediator through the Mediation Board of Trinidad & Tobago. She also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Business Psychology. Georgia is a Director on the Boards of Girls of Impact TT, The Association of Female Executives of Trinidad & Tobago (AFETT), Bridge Foundation and the Farquharson Institute for Public Affairs (FIPA).  She volunteers with We Say Y.E.S., a local NGO.

 

Ms Nicole Duke Westfield

I am a respected communication leader who has worked extensively with top tier multinationals in the energy and non-energy sectors (including Shell T&T Limited, bpTT and RBC Financial Caribbean Limited), across the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. I advise corporations on effective communication strategies to address political and socio-economic issues that affect their business goals and objectives.

As a former journalist and news manager, I led award-winning news teams and wrote extensively on issues affecting Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean. With my media experience, I now help companies navigate the external communications landscape to protect and enhance their brand and reputation.

As an independent consultant, I work with international organisations and public sector agencies to design effective strategies to manage reputation and crisis and achieve marketing and business goals.

 
 

Dr Hyacinth Guy

Hyacinth is an Organizational and People Development Coach with a focus on Strategic Human Resource Management. As a seasoned Practitioner for more than thirty (30) years in Strategic Human Resource Management. Ms. Guy has developed strengths in the following areas.

  1. Employee Engagement

  2. Employee and Labor Relation

  3. Conflict Management

  4. Performance Management Systems and

  5. Workforce Planning

Her expertise lies in diagnosing organizations and determining whether they are aligned with their strategic objectives. Her experience and qualifications allow her to identify the structural conflicts in an organization and redesign it so that these conflicts are eliminated, minimized, or transformed, thus paving the way for organization success. Hyacinth has served extensively in leadership positions and has helped organizations (public, private, statutory, and non-governmental) develop strategic and operational plans. She has also led change and transformation initiatives in several organizations.