Justin Ram

CEO, Justin Ram Advisory and GSEC, Former Caribbean Development Bank


Dr. Justin Ram is CEO of Justin Ram Advisory Associates and GSEC. He has over twenty-five years of practical, advisory, research, and management experience. He has worked as an economist in over 32 countries across the Caribbean, Central Asia, Africa, and Europe. Justin has a Diploma in Executive Management from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds an M.Sc. in Economics from University College, London, a B.Sc. from The University of the West Indies, and a post-graduate certificate in sustainable environmental management from The University of California, Berkeley.

  • Selected Advisories and Projects:
  • Special Economic Advisor, PM, Barbados
  • Jamaica Climate Change NDC Advisor
  • Economic Adviser to the Chair of IMF/WB Development Committee
  • Economic Advisor, Government of Uganda
  • Economic Advisor, Government of Zambia
  • Economic Advisor, UNDP Guyana
  • Economic Advisor, Government of Grenada
  • Climate Finance for sovereign governments
  • Global Vulnerability Index
  • Debt sustainability and Climate Finance
  • Establishing a Caribbean Resilience Fund
  • Guyana Rural Transformation
  • Blue Economy (Barbados, OECS, Guyana)
  • Economic assessment of wastewater treatment plants
  • Digital transformation (ECCB, OECS)
  • Disaster and Resilience Financing