Who we are
SXD Leadership Communications seeks to access a range of high-quality resources in delivering its work.
The resources all share the following basic core characteristics:
Deep technical skill and subject matter expertise,
Extensive corporate experience in leadership, reputation building and relationship management,
Extensive connectivity to the development of business strategy,
A disposition to multi-disciplinary thinking and an independent perspective.
Principal Consultant - Sheldon Daniel
Sheldon Daniel is a senior specialist consultant in External Relations with over 25 years of corporate leadership experience. His strengths are building connectivity, generating linkages and providing challenge.
He brings to your company a specialist understanding of leading global corporate business practice in:
External stakeholder and reputation management,
Strategic corporate responsibility and
Ethical influence plans for public advocacy on business issues, policy and regulation.
He helps companies protect their reputation and manage external risks to their strategy.
He focuses on managing, reducing, and recovering from major social and reputational risks worldwide.
He was VP, Communications & External Affairs at BP Trinidad & Tobago and Director, Corporate Responsibility for BP Group in London.
He holds a BSc (Government), an MSc (Development Studies), an MBA from the University of the West Indies, and an MPhil (Sociology and Politics of Development) from the University of Cambridge.
Associate companies
SXD Leadership Communications (UK) is proud to be associated with the following high quality and responsible consulting partners.
Virtually Yours TT Ltd
©Virtually Yours T&T Limited (VYTT) is a highly regarded Caribbean-based Consultancy adept at generating communications strategies and plans that are more closely aligned with business imperatives.
The company is a preferred source for building capability and capacity for in-house teams, and for conducting diagnostics and interventions to refine and refresh the corporate culture and its interactions with the external environment.
VYTT is a reliable resource for leaders in business, government, institutions and civic organisations seeking to reorganise, rebrand and reposition. The company also conducts in-house assessments and audits, and trains and coaches Communications and PR teams to be more effective.
VYTT designs and implements a wide range of tools, including non-technical risk evaluation and mitigation plans, advocacy mapping, and communication channels. We help clients in the region strengthen their corporate reputation by building meaningful relationships with key stakeholders in media, government, and local communities.
Managing Director and Lead Consultant Donna Ramsammy has over 25 years of professional experience working through periods of volatility and change in both developed and emerging markets across a wide global geography. As an Executive Coach, she works closely with senior leaders, using coaching and mentoring frameworks to shift attitudes and build capability so they can make the changes needed for success.
Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES)
CADRES is a Caribbean research organisation operating out of Barbados since 1998. CADRES has a regional reputation as a well-respected indigenous firm specialising in political polling and public opinion on a range of social and economic issues. CADRES has also conducted social and economic research for several governments, non-governmental organisations, political parties and private sector clients.
All research activities of CADRES are coordinated by Peter W. Wickham who is a Political Scientist and a director of CADRES. Previously he was a lecturer in political science and research methods at the UWI Cave Hill. CADRES also retains the services of several regional Research Associates on an occasional basis, depending on the nature and specifics of the project being pursued.