Sally Christie is a Manager in the OTF Group’s Latin America/ Caribbean Region. She joined the OTF Group in May 2004. Ms. Christie is currently working on a private sector development strategy for a major international bilateral. Her most recent experience with OTF was overseeing the completion of a multi-year USAID project in Jamaica, covering three clusters: Music, Tourism and Ornamental Fish. Prior to that, Ms. Christie was Project Leader for the Dominican Republic Industrial Transformation (Hair Products) Cluster, where she developed a strategy to penetrate the US market for ethnic hair care and cosmetics while mobilizing the private sector to begin working together to achieve this goal. Additional OTF experience includes a multi-year Rwanda project where she led a public / private coalition in the horticulture industry, focused on increasing exports for fresh exports and agribusiness, and managing the Gabonese Timber Innovation and Competitiveness Project, a cluster project designed to bolster export-led processing in Gabon’s wood industry. Based in Libreville, she worked with industry leaders to increase downstream processing rates and attract investment to Gabon’s proposed Free Trade Zone.

Ms. Christie’s interest in development from a private sector perspective stems from a number of years working in emerging economies, mostly in Asia. Prior to joining the OTF Group, Ms. Christie worked as a consultant in mainland China, advising foreign multinationals and state owned companies on how best to increase internal competitiveness. She worked with companies in a number of industries, most notably pharmaceuticals and OEM manufacturing. Selected engagements included helping a British joint venture harmonize legal and operating procedures for three factories, and developing a leadership system for the Chinese subsidiary of a major French electrical controls company. Ms. Christie has also worked in the financial services sector in New York, the publishing industry in South Korea, and the wireless industry in Toronto.

Ms. Christie holds Bachelor of Anthropology and International Development from McGill University in Montreal, a Diploma in Asian Management Diploma from the APMCP, and an MBA in Operations and Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. She speaks English, French and Spanish fluently, and holds intermediate Korean and Chinese skills. In addition to the work experience in Asia and Africa outlined above, Ms. Christie has lived and worked in Lesotho, France and Argentina.