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Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
Recent Assignments
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James Fletcher

James Fletcher

Castries,Saint Lucia

Summary

Experienced senior policy maker and consultant with twenty-five years of experience in public policy development. Excellent reputation for original and creative thinking, strategic analysis, evidence-based decision making, building successful teams, communication, and finding solutions to challenges,

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Managing Director

SOLORICON
07.2016 - Current

Founded and manage a consulting company that provides services in the areas of:

  • Sustainable energy
  • Climate change policy
  • Water policy
  • Agriculture and rural policy
  • Sustainable development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
  • Digital economy
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards
  • Public policy development

Minister of Government

Government of Saint Lucia
12.2011 - 06.2016
  • Led an aggressive modernization of the energy sector, with new legislation, new investments in renewable energy, and the establishment of an independent regulator
  • Commissioned modern ICT centres in several under-served communities
  • Started the program for free island-wide Wi-Fi
  • Developed a 311 call centre for information on public service matters
  • Initiated major water development projects on the east coast and in the south of the island
  • Established an Employee Assistance Programme to provide free, confidential counseling to public officers
  • Played a leading role in the Caribbean's ‘1.5 to Stay Alive' civil society campaign and led the Caribbean's delegation to COP 21
  • Was selected by the COP President to be part of the ministerial team that helped to achieve consensus on the elements of the Paris Agreement.

Director of Social and Sustainable Development

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
04.2008 - 03.2011

Managed and led the work of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, across its member States (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) in the areas of:

  • Natural resource management
  • Climate change
  • Water resource management
  • Sustainable energy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Social policy
  • Youth development
  • Sports.

Cabinet Secretary

Government of Saint Lucia
01.2003 - 12.2006

Managed the Cabinet Office and served as the head of the Public Service in Saint Lucia

Permanent Secretary

Government of Saint Lucia
07.1998 - 01.2003

Led the work of the government in the areas of agriculture, forestry and fisheries and managed the operations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Education

Ph.D. - Crop Physiology

University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
05.1991

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
09.1986

Skills

  • Policy Development
  • Originality and Creativity
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Consultancy and Advisory
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Research and Analysis
  • Mentoring

Accomplishments

  • Recognized by Global Optimism in Profiles of Paris as one of the people who played a key role in creating the historic Paris Agreement (https://profilesofparis.com/)
  • Selected by the United Kingdom's Chevening Scholarship Program as one of 35 Global Changemakers (https://35.chevening.org/changemakers/)
  • Wrote and published the book Governing in a Small Caribbean Island State
  • Authored the chapter ‘The Battle for Small Island Developing States' in the Cambridge University Press publication ‘ Negotiating the Paris Agreement: The Insider Stories '
  • Edited and published “ Where is the Justice? An Anthology of Caribbean Youth Perspectives on the Climate Crisis
  • Launched The Caribbean Climate Justice Project, which advocates for climate justice for the people most impacted by climate change

Recent Assignments

  • Reviewed the Windward Islands Banana Core Farmers Program. Client: Winfresh
  • Developed the Regional Strategic Action Plan for Governance and Building Climate Resilience in the Water Sector of the Caribbean. Client: Caribbean Development Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association
  • Led the team that established the Climate Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica (CREAD). Client: United Nations Development Program
  • Co-Facilitated the General Assembly of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Client: International Planned Parenthood Federation
  • Assessed the alignment of the operations of the Caribbean Development Bank with the goals of the Paris Agreement, which included the development of an instrument and methodology for assessment. Client: Caribbean Development Bank

Timeline

Managing Director

SOLORICON
07.2016 - Current

Minister of Government

Government of Saint Lucia
12.2011 - 06.2016

Director of Social and Sustainable Development

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
04.2008 - 03.2011

Cabinet Secretary

Government of Saint Lucia
01.2003 - 12.2006

Permanent Secretary

Government of Saint Lucia
07.1998 - 01.2003

Ph.D. - Crop Physiology

University of Cambridge

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

University of Ottawa
James Fletcher