Toshanna Waterman
Business Consultant
246-284-8399
Toshanna Waterman is the Managing Director and Lead Consultant at Waterman Consultancy Inc. She is a Resource Mobilisation Business Consultant with vast experience in the development of project proposals, strategic business plans and operational policy documents.
Toshanna’s career path began in the accounting arena, where she worked with a diverse portfolio of companies in the consulting, healthcare, tourism, real estate and retail industries. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She received her designation as a Certified Management Accountant with the Society of Management Accountants of Nova Scotia, Canada in 2015. This chapter of her life has helped to cultivate her passion, not just for finance, but for the holistic development of organisations. She enjoys working with entrepreneurs and spends much of her time collaborating with key stakeholders to implement functional requirements.
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Toshanna is also a Facilitator and Business Mentor. She has coached several students and sat as Committee member of the Financial Literacy Programme for the Chartered Professional Accountant, Barbados Chapter – which was an initiative focused on the delivery of educational workshops for primary, secondary and tertiary levels, as well as community groups and associations. This exposure has afforded her the opportunity to deliver workshops to more than 100 students across the island of Barbados.
Toshanna also serves as a volunteer mentor with BYBT (Build Your Business Together) where she shares her expertise in accounting and business strategy. Her dedication and enthusiasm provide invaluable guidance and inspiration to her mentees. As a mentor for BYBT’s Enterprise Challenge, Toshanna has facilitated business fundamentals sessions and guided teams of secondary school children in developing impactful ideas—one of which won in her first year! She has also worked one-on-one with adult entrepreneurs to improve their operations, showcasing her commitment to fostering growth and excellence.
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Toshanna welcomes every opportunity to use her knowledge and skills to bring awareness to her audience about the importance of growth and development in everyday life. Her hope is that by empowering and propelling entrepreneurs to adopt effective strategies, it will ultimately foster sustainable results.
"Transforming Businesses...Transforming Lives"
Kim Haynes
Development Consultant
246-284-8399
Kim Haynes is a Development Researcher with a passion for social and economic development as well as growth and development, both at the organisational and individual levels. Over the span of her career, Kim has worked with a range of local, regional and international organisations.
Kim employs a vast supply of resources when conducting research and can research and analyse issues, identify trends and present findings in a manner which can easily be understood, with the ability to tailor reports to match the intended audiences. Her practical experience spans research, data collection and collation, preparation of background papers, report writing, policy briefs, articles for magazines, focus groups, workshops and training sessions.
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At an organisational level Kim amassed experience in the development of operational strategies, implementation of MOUs and donor agreements, assessments of partner organisations, quality control of research, evaluation of Expressions of Interest, formulation of ToRs, and the management of consultant contracts.
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Kim is a graduate of the University of the West Indies holding a Bsc. Economics, and an Msc. Economic Development Policy. She completed additional professional training in Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, and Data for Effective Decision Making. Additionally, Kim's on the job training includes Public Finance for Children, Bottleneck Analysis, and Child and Gender Responsive Budgeting.
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Kim welcomes every opportunity for knowledge transfer especially as it relates to the empowerment of vulnerable persons and those needing that boost in their confidence and abilities in order to achieve their goals.