Board Leadership

After Twin Peaks: A Caribbean Capital Market Worthy of International Capital

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Eleven articles have set out the case for Twin Peaks, the international evidence base, the legislative reform package, and the operational readiness work the next twelve months require. This closing article steps back and addresses the question that gives the transition its meaning: what is all of this for. The answer cannot be the cutover...

Boardroom Readiness for Twin Peaks: Twelve Months to Build What the New Regime Will Require

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The shape of the work The boardroom readiness work for Twin Peaks divides into five categories. Each category contains several sub-streams. The categories are governance, supervisory engagement, control functions, management information, and people. They are interlocking rather than sequential. A board that prioritises governance and defers supervisory engagement will discover during the first post-cutover supervisory...

Three Markets, Three Lessons: What South Africa, the Netherlands and New Zealand Teach the Caribbean

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why these three jurisdictions matter The two case studies that have already been examined in this series — Australia and the United Kingdom — are the headline references in international Twin Peaks literature. Both produced extensive operating evidence. Both have generated substantial post-implementation reform programmes. Both are well-documented in IMF Financial Sector Assessment Programs,...

The United Kingdom: From the FSA to the PRA and FCA — A Model in Continuous Reform

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The United Kingdom adopted Twin Peaks in 2013 because its previous regulator had failed during the global financial crisis. Thirteen years later, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority operate the most actively reforming Twin Peaks regime in the world — pioneering outcomes-based conduct supervision through the Consumer Duty, embedding individual accountability through...

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The Practice Period: A Distinctive Caribbean Approach to Regulatory Transition

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most countries that have adopted Twin Peaks waited for the legislation before changing how they supervise. Jamaica is doing it differently. Two years before the statutes arrive, the Bank of Jamaica and the Financial Services Commission are operating a structured Practice Period — joint examinations, jointly developed standards, capacity-building, cultural alignment — that builds the...

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Executing a People-First Integration Following a Caribbean Financial Services Merger

April 19, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

C | Context Two Caribbean financial services institutions, of comparable scale but materially different cultures, had agreed a merger that would produce a larger, more competitive regional platform. The transaction had closed; regulatory approvals had been obtained; the combined entity had a new brand, a new board, and a Chief Executive drawn from one of...

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From Manual Finance to Management Visibility : Modernizing the Finance Function of a Growing Caribbean SME

April 17, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT A founder-led Caribbean SME had outgrown a finance model built around manual workarounds, delayed reporting, and limited management visibility. Dawgen Global applied its D·FINSCALE™ approach — Diagnose → Digitize → Streamline → Report → Optimize — to redesign finance workflows, strengthen reporting discipline, and improve cash-flow and performance visibility. The result: a...

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Corporate Governance and Board Accountability for ESG: The Foundation That Makes Everything Else Credible

April 8, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Governance Is the G That Makes E and S Credible Environmental commitments without governance accountability are aspirations. Social commitments without governance structures are intentions. The Governance pillar of ESG is not the least exciting of the three pillars — it is the one that determines whether the other two are real. A Caribbean business that...

After Twin Peaks: A Caribbean Capital Market Worthy of International Capital

Boardroom Readiness for Twin Peaks: Twelve Months to Build What the New Regime Will Require

Three Markets, Three Lessons: What South Africa, the Netherlands and New Zealand Teach the Caribbean

The United Kingdom: From the FSA to the PRA and FCA — A Model in Continuous Reform

The Practice Period: A Distinctive Caribbean Approach to Regulatory Transition

Executing a People-First Integration Following a Caribbean Financial Services Merger

From Manual Finance to Management Visibility : Modernizing the Finance Function of a Growing Caribbean SME

Corporate Governance and Board Accountability for ESG: The Foundation That Makes Everything Else Credible

July 17, 2026From Watchdog to Strategist: The Binding Requirement for an Internal Audit Strategy

July 17, 2026The Conformance Deadline Has Passed: Is Your Internal Audit Function Compliant?

July 17, 2026The New Global Internal Audit Standards: What Every Caribbean Board Must Know

July 17, 2026Why Internal Audit Is Now a Governance Function, Not a Back Office

July 17, 2026Captives, Cells and Coverage: How SACs Will Transform Caribbean Insurance Structuring

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