Specialists
Therese Turner-Jones
GTI Specialist Finance
Therese Turner-Jones is a Bahamian national and resident of Nassau, Bahamas. She heads an economic consultancy firm, MaxGwen Ltd. Her professional experience spans many decades in international financial institution including the International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank. She has lived and worked in Washington, DC, Guinea, Conakry, Jamaica, Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and The Bahamas.
A trained economist, Mrs. Turner-Jones has over 30 years’ experience in macroeconomics and economic development, with special expertise on the Caribbean and Latin America.
She holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. She is also an alumnus of the University of Toronto, and United World Colleges (Lester Pearson College). Her publications include a book on Caribbean Fiscal Challenges.
A member of the International Women’s Forum, Mrs. Turner Jones is passionate about financial inclusion, gender equity, children, vulnerable communities, sustainable energy and the environment. She is a Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow.
She is an ardent champion of development issues facing small island developing states, and considers climate change one of the most existential threats of our lifetime. A tennis fanatic, she is married to Dennis Jones, a former IMF economist. They are the proud parents of three daughters: Dr. Bronwyn Huggins, Eleanor and Rhian Jones.
