Joseph Cox is a Chief Strategy Adviser, Applied Economist and Publisher with more than three
decades of executive leadership and advisory experience spanning economic development,
private sector development, governance, public policy and regional integration.
As Managing Partner of Joseph Cox & Associates Limited, he advises governments, international
organisations, financial institutions, corporations and legal teams on complex economic,
institutional and strategic challenges. His work encompasses strategic intelligence, applied
economics, governance advisory, litigation support and engagements as Litigation Support.
He is Founder and Publisher of the Caribbean Business Review Strategic Intelligence Ecosystem,
comprising CBR Intelligence Notes, which publishes long-form original research; Caribbean
Financial Dispatch, an executive intelligence publication; and Caribbean Business Review, a
multimedia platform for informed public dialogue. His analysis helps decision-makers understand
not only what is happening, but why it matters and what it means.
His previous senior appointments include Assistant Secretary-General of the CARICOM
Secretariat and Executive Director of the Growth Secretariat at the Planning Institute of Jamaica.
His strategic contributions include the CARICOM COVID-19 Economic Reopening Strategy,
unanimously endorsed by COTED; the Financial Information and Real-Time Matchmaking (FIRM)
initiative, which mobilised approximately J$1.9 billion for Jamaican businesses; and major
competitiveness and institutional reforms undertaken through the GOJ–IDB Competitiveness
Enhancement Programme.
He is the author of The New Normal — A Post-COVID Primer for Business and From SORROW to
L.U.C.K. and is a prolific speaker and writer on Caribbean economics, governance, geopolitics and
strategic decision-making.