The CARICOM Regional Organisation for Requirements and High quality (CROSQ) is happy to announce the appointment of Mrs. Sharonmae Smith-Walker, MPhil, CPFS, JP, because the incoming Chief Govt Officer, efficient 1st November 2024. Mrs. Smith-Walker succeeds Mr. Deryck Omar, who has admirably served as Chief Govt Officer (CEO) from 2014, contributing considerably to the expansion of CROSQ and the development of regional high quality infrastructure.
With over 12 years of worldwide management and C-Suite expertise, Mrs. Smith-Walker is a visionary and transformational chief. She brings a wealth of information and experience to CROSQ, having spent greater than a decade as CEO of the Jamaica Nationwide Company for Accreditation (JANAAC International Accreditation). Throughout her tenure, she led the organisation to document success, driving exponential development in income, profitability, and consumer acquisition by way of product and course of innovation. Her strategic imaginative and prescient and enterprise acumen have been hallmarks of her management, and she or he has a well-earned popularity for excellence.
Mrs. Smith-Walker has over 15 years of direct contribution to the event of high quality infrastructure and greater than 20 years of consulting expertise in environmental administration, accreditation, conformity evaluation, meals security, and high quality administration methods. Her educational background features a Grasp’s Diploma in Environmental Chemistry and a Bachelor’s Diploma in Pure and Utilized Chemistry from the College of the West Indies, Mona Campus, the place she additionally spent ten years as an adjunct school member. Presently, she is pursuing a Doctorate in Enterprise Administration from the College of Sunderland, United Kingdom.
A distinguished chief in regional and worldwide accreditation cooperation, Mrs. Smith-Walker has held a number of outstanding positions, together with Co-Chair of the Worldwide Laboratory Accreditation Company – Worldwide Accreditation Discussion board (ILAC-IAF) Joint Growth Assist Committee and Vice Chair of the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC). She has additionally chaired important committees associated to commerce facilitation and high quality coverage, demonstrating her deep dedication to advancing regional financial development and sustainability.
Mrs. Smith-Walker is not any stranger to the Caribbean’s high quality infrastructure panorama, having labored extensively with stakeholders throughout the area and within the Pacific Islands Discussion board.
Commenting on her appointment, Mrs. Smith-Walker expressed pleasure about becoming a member of the CROSQ crew: “I’m honored to have the chance to steer this very important organisation at such an essential time. I look ahead to working with the crew to place CROSQ for continued development and to assist the financial growth of the CARICOM area.”
Along with her skilled accomplishments, Mrs. Smith-Walker has been an ordained elder for over 20 years and has served as a magistrate since 2015. She is married to Sebert Walker and is the proud mom of two grownup sons, Matthew and Joel Shirley. Her guiding rules, drawn from Isaiah 30:21 and Colossians 3:23, replicate her dedication to integrity and repair.
CROSQ extends its deepest appreciation to Mr. Deryck Omar for his visionary management and repair. Over the course of his 14 years as CEO, Mr. Omar performed a pivotal position in establishing CROSQ as a frontrunner within the Caribbean’s high quality infrastructure growth. His legacy will function a robust basis for Mrs. Smith-Walker to construct upon.
CROSQ additionally appears ahead to an thrilling new chapter beneath Mrs. Smith-Walker’s management, assured that her wealth of expertise and dedication to high quality will additional the organisation’s mission of advancing requirements and high quality throughout the area.
