Donald Charles
Chairman and CEO of BEHANZIN INC.
Donald Charles was a banker for a significant portion of his professional life, including commercial and development banking. Additionally, Donald headed a firm that provided consulting services in Management, Marketing, Financial Management, Project Management, Hotel Development as well as Events Production, Artist & Sports Management and Customer Service Training.
Donald is a participant in the Harvard Business School Executive Education Alumni Program and, to date, has completed certificate programs in Finance for Senior Executives, Marketing for Senior Executives, Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Restructuring, Mergers, and Acquisitions. He is now scheduled to participate in HBS |HBX online program - Disruptive Strategy with Professor Clayton Christensen.
organizations profile
• Former Chairman - Association of Development Banks of the Eastern Caribbean, whose members include Anguilla Development Board, Antigua & Barbuda Development Bank, Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank, Grenada Development Bank and St. Lucia Development Bank.
• Former Vice-Chairman - Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) Technical Committee for the Financing and Development of Tourism
• Former National Coordinator, Eastern Caribbean - ALIDE
• Member of Planning Committee for World Federation of Development Finance Institutions’ Seminar held in Washington, D.C in November 2010
• Former Vice-President of Antigua and Barbuda Bankers Association
• Executive member of Antigua and Barbuda Studies Association
• Captain - Antigua & Barbuda Defense Force
key Accomplishments
• Researched and prepared a study on the linkages between tourism and agriculture in the OECS for the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• Developed a Seafood Marketing Strategy for the Eastern Caribbean for Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
• Made a presentation on “Integrated Multi-Destination Marketing Platform for the Latin America and Caribbean Region” at the ALIDE’s Forum on Tourism Financing and Development, November 2010 in Ecuador.
• Made a presentation on “An Integrated Approach to Building a Sustainable Future” at the 52nd UNWTO Commission – Technical Seminar on Tourism Investments in the Americas, May 2011 in Paraguay.
• Made a presentation on “The Caribbean Market” at Embraer Sixth Airline Business Seminar, May 2012 in Brazil.
• Made a presentation on “Regional Collaboration - Key to Tourism Growth in Island States: An Integrated Approach to Branding, Development of Markets & Financing at the IDB/UNWTO Conference on Tourism as a Key Sector for Development in Island States, February 2014 in the Bahamas.
• Team member of the World Bank Mission - OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project.