ABOUT LEAP
Grounded insights. Real results
Leap was built for the work that does not have neat solutions. Advisory and delivery, strategy and implementation, analysis and accountability, held together in one organisation, in the Caribbean, over the long term. Not advising from the outside, but getting in, helping design, standing things up, and making sure they work.
Who are we?
Leap is an impact focused advisory and delivery organisation working across the Caribbean. We sit at the intersection of social development, economic opportunity, and resilience, bringing together the thinking, the partnerships, and the practical capability to help our clients and communities move the needle towards a more equitable Caribbean.
What do we do?
Our work spans communities, urban spaces, emerging industries, and institutions. The common thread is practical, grounded work that tackles real problems in complex environments. We play a strong connector role, bringing together public sector, private sector, and civil society partners who do not always naturally align, and we build data, knowledge, and accountability into every stage of what we do, so that progress does not just happen, it holds.
Why do we do it?
We believe the Caribbean has the capability, the knowledge, and the resilience to shape its own future. What that takes is the right actors working together, and organisations willing to do the harder, less visible work of making that possible. That is what drives us. Not just delivering to a brief, but creating the conditions for progress that multiplies when the right people are genuinely in it together.
“We don’t just advise. We get in, help design, and make sure things work.”
The people behind Leap
Saffrey Brown
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Saffrey co-founded Leap and leads its work across the Caribbean. She helped build the social enterprise field in Jamaica and served as Project Director of Project STAR. She is an Eisenhower Fellow.
Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr.
Director and Chief Strategy Officer
Parris brings the data backbone to Leap's work. A geographer with a doctorate from Oxford, he sits at the front of spatial data and analytics in the region, and shapes how evidence informs Leap's strategy.
Kalando Wilmoth
Director and Chief Partnerships Officer
Kalando leads Leap's partnerships. A communications and brand strategist with deep experience in the Jamaican market, he builds and holds the relationships across public, private, and civic actors that the work depends on.
Dr. Suzanne Shaw
Director
An economist and clean energy specialist, Suzanne co-founded Leap and serves as a director. Her advisory work spans the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and Caribbean governments.