Gasper Jn. Baptiste

MCMI, MBA (Finance), DMS, CPA
Chief Elections Officer

 

EDUCATION

1996/98 – School of Finance and Management (SFM), University of Lincoln & Humberside (ULH) United Kingdom
1990/94 – University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Continuing Studies (St. Lucia).
1962/72 – St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Boys School (St. Lucia)

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) (Business Finance)
• Diploma in MANAGEMENT STUDIES (DMS)
• Certificate in PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (CPA)
• Diploma in INTERNATIONAL TRADE

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Member Chartered Management Institute (MCMI) of the United Kingdom.

 

ELECTORAL EXPERIENCE

2011

• March – OAS/CARICOM Election Observer, Haiti’s Presidential Elections, (second round of voting).

2010   

• October – December –          OAS/CARICOM Election Observer, Haiti’s Presidential Elections (first round of voting).

• September      –           Third Inter-American Electoral Training Seminar, Mexico City (6^th – 10^th, September)

• May                –           Observer Mission – Trinidad & Tobago General Elections

• February        –           Observer Mission – Costa Rica Presidential Elections

 

2009   

• Canada – Electoral Conference organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) in conjunction with Electoral Canada.

• United Kingdom – Electoral Management Training organized by Public Service International (PSI).

2004

• Nicaragua – Election Observation Mission

2003

• Costa Rica – Participated in the sixteenth (16^th) Conference of the Association of Electoral Organizations of Central America and the Caribbean – TIKAL Protocol.

2002

• Dominican Republic – Election Observation Mission.

1990

• Jamaica – Member, Organization of American States (OAS) Registration Observer team.

• Presiding Officer – Election of Delegates, St. Lucia Banana Growers Association (SLBGA)

1989

• Registration Officer – Castries North/East Electoral District, St. Lucia.

1987

• Dominican Republic – Seminar on Electoral Registration Process.

1986

• Panama – Election Observation Mission.

1979

• Registration Assistant, Electoral Office

1978

• Enumerator, Field Registration Exercise

 

ACHIEVEMENT

1999

• The writing of “A Strategic Development Plan for the Electoral Department of St. Lucia”

PUBLIC SERVICES

2003 – 2006 – Chairperson, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Boards’ of Survey and Condemnation.

• 1987 – Member, Steering Committee, St. Lucia Census Board.

• 1984 – 86 – Member, St. Lucia Civil Service Association (CSA) General Council

 

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

• Founder and Chief Instructor of Premier Martial Arts Institute

• Martial Arts – Holder of a fifth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate.