Senior Business Development Officer, Ministry of Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Commerce
Richard Harris is the Senior Business Development Officer in the Ministry of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce in Barbados, West Indies. He has 19 years of experience working with the local small business sector. His responsibilities include advising the Minister responsible for business development, implementing the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) Program in Barbados, administering the local Small Business Development Act, conducting research of the MSME sector and coordinating other Business Support Organization’s activities with the Ministry. He previously worked as a Cooperatives Officer with the Cooperatives Department as an examiner of credit unions and business cooperatives. Mr. Harris holds a Master’s of Science in Financial Management and a Bachelor’s of Science in Management from the Cave Hill Campus, University of the West Indies.
Ask: Barbados is seeking to adapt the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) model in order to enhance its entrepreneurial ecosystem; looking to form specific business clusters as a new part of its developing ecosystem.
Offer: The local SBDC program allows for other stakeholders in the Americas to partner with Barbados’ SBDCs.
