Brenda Pope, BSc, MBA, CISA, CMC, is a Management Consulting strategist with a demonstrated track record across the Caribbean in client transformational and change management assignments around technology, process and organisational improvement. Her over 40 years of diverse working experience spans a wide range of private and public sector clients in the areas of ICT, information risk management and security, IT strategy and governance, as well as change management and project management services.

Brenda is currently managing director of ConsultBP, an independent consulting company specialising in technology-enabled transformation. Prior to retiring as Advisory partner at KPMG Barbados, for eight years she also held overall responsibility for KPMG’s management consulting services across the Caribbean. A past chair of the EDUTECH2000 Advisory Committee on computer technology in education, she was also a member of the TVET subcommittee on ICT, and the Advisory Committee on e-commerce legislation for Barbados.

Passionate about the need for excellence and quality in the consulting profession, she is a past president and current vice-president of CIMC and in 2018 was the first Caribbean consultant to be designated a CMC-Global Accredited ISO 20700 Trainer.

Brenda strives to be a role model for women and girls wishing to work in the technology arena and in 2012 was honoured by the Information Society of Barbados for her contributions to the growth and development of ICT in Barbados over 30 years.