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He is experienced in implementing
development projects in the
socio-economic context and has
professional exposure in Eastern
Europe, South & Central America
as well as North America. He has a
multidisciplinary background including
social integration and sustainable
development practices. Prior to his
appointment as the Managing Director
of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund,
Mr. Sweeney served at the Jamaica
Public Service Company (JPS) as a
Senior Executive, with responsibility
for Energy Delivery for Kingston, St.
Andrew and Eastern Jamaica. Prior to
that, he held the posts of Programme
Director of the Community Renewal
Programme at the Planning Institute of
Jamaica (PIOJ), and General Manager,
for Technical Services at the Jamaica
Social Investment Fund. He is also
a past President of the Jamaica
Institution of Engineers (JIE).
Mr. Sweeney has previously sat
on the National Spatial Planning
Committee, was a Board Member of
the NSWMA, and a Sector member of
the National Contracts Committee.

OmarSweeney Mr. Sweeney holds a BSc. in Civil
Engineering, a Master of Engineering
Managing Director, JSIF Degree in Public Works Planning &
Development from the University of
Omar Sweeney has over 20 years’ experience in engineering and project management Florida, and was a recipient of the
both in Jamaica and internationally. He has developed projects in both the public and Martin Luther King Scholarship. He
private sector and for entities such as IBM, the Mills Corporation (REIT), Federated completed post-graduate executive
Department Stores, the Caribbean Development Bank, the World Bank, the European training in Management Strategy and
Union and the Government of Jamaica. the Global Economy at the London
School of Economics and a course in
Advanced Project Management at the
University of Oxford. He is a member
of Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering
Honour Society (USA) and has been
published by the Canadian Society of
Civil Engineers (1997), JIE (2009) and
periodically in the Jamaican media.

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