Examples of how SXD has helped
Client Example 1
International energy company
Political risk and government relations advisory
A global energy operator with a significant presence in a Caribbean market required ongoing, independent counsel on the political and governmental landscape ahead of a national election and a period of policy uncertainty.
Context
The company's government relations team needed a structured and continuous source of independent political intelligence to assess how shifting power dynamics, emerging policy positions, and key relationship changes would affect their external agenda and business strategy.
Challenge
SXD provided a regular political and economic advisory service, producing concise monthly assessments of the political landscape, key players, emerging risks, and recommended engagement actions. Alongside this, SXD supported the formulation and refinement of key messages for government and community engagement.
Approach
The company maintained a clear and current read of the external political landscape through a period of significant change, enabling more deliberate and better-timed engagement with government and other stakeholders. The advisory reduced the risk of being caught off-guard by policy shifts or changes in decision-making authority.
Result
Client Example 2
Caribbean-based diversified conglomerate
Brand and reputation audit across a new market
Context
A major Caribbean business group with operations across multiple sectors was seeking to strengthen its market position and social licence in a high-growth market where it had long operated but had not systematically assessed its reputation.
Despite strong brand recognition, the group had no clear picture of how it was perceived across its full range of stakeholder groups, including the general public, business partners, customers, government, media, and internal leadership. Its community engagement and social investment activities were described internally as ad hoc and unstructured, and there was limited alignment between its reputation and the priorities of the national development agenda in which it operated.
Challenge
Approach
SXD designed and led a comprehensive brand and reputation audit across all stakeholder groups, including surveys, focus groups, and interviews with senior external figures, including government ministers. Findings were consolidated into a structured report with audience-specific insights and five strategic areas for repositioning, covering community engagement, national alignment, sustainability, customer service, and product quality.
For the first time, the group had a structured, evidence-based picture of its reputational standing and the specific gaps between how it was perceived and how it needed to be seen in that particular market. Leadership received a clear strategic framework for repositioning and a set of actionable recommendations to move from reactive, ad hoc social investment towards a more structured and nationally relevant presence.
Result
Client Example 3
International energy company
Renewable energy market entry strategy
Context
A major global energy company sought to establish itself as a preferred partner for Caribbean governments transitioning to renewable energy, but lacked a coherent picture of the region's policy, regulatory, and political landscape.
The region's renewable energy landscape was fragmented across multiple small markets, each with different policy frameworks, regulatory environments, stakeholder dynamics, and levels of political will. Without a structured picture of this landscape, the company could not make sound decisions about where and how to invest its engagement and advocacy efforts.
Challenge
SXD undertook a structured review of the renewable energy policy landscape across multiple Caribbean markets, assessing each country's energy priorities, current targets, regulatory frameworks, political readiness, and key constraints. The review identified both the most viable entry points and the advocacy work required to improve conditions for investment.
Approach
The company gained a clear, market-by-market map of the policy and stakeholder landscape, enabling it to prioritise its market-entry and government-engagement efforts based on structured analysis rather than informal intelligence. The review also identified specific advocacy positions needed to advance the company's regional ambitions.
Result
Client Example 4
New energy developer
Building external support for a nationally significant project
Context
A new energy developer had proposed a large‑scale project in Trinidad and Tobago that could help address specific energy industry challenges, revitalise existing industrial assets, and support the country’s energy transition. The project was being positioned as a pioneering move with national economic, social and reputational value.
Challenge
Although the concept had been shared, it had not yet gained enough traction with decision‑makers, and key players in the energy system did not clearly see what was in it for them. Potential partners were interested but not aligned on a common story, and there was concern that key external actors needed to be made aware of the project's full potential. The client also needed support that was broad‑based rather than partisan.
SXD helped clarify the national-interest case for the project, identify and prioritise the stakeholders most critical to progress, and shape a clearer value proposition and set of core messages for different audiences. We then developed a targeted advocacy and communication plan around the launch period, so the client could use that moment to build understanding, support and momentum with greater focus and consistency.
Approach
The client moved from a loose set of conversations to a structured approach to advocacy and communication, anchored in a clear national value story. They gained a focused stakeholder plan, sharper messages and a coordinated way to use key public moments to build understanding, interest and political space for the project.