Our Team
JESCA Solutions LLC has a diverse core team of highly qualified professionals in all our focus areas with expereince in development finance institutions, international organizations, UN agencies, private international development consulting firms, international and local NGOs, the private sector, and national and local governments. We have managed projects in different capacities in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa and are fluent in English, Hindi, Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole.
Dr. Cezley Sampson
CD, FACET
Dr. Cezley Sampson is a globally respected infrastructure economist and regulatory expert with over four decades of experience in utility reform, energy policy, public-private partnerships (PPP), and institutional restructuring across more than 20 countries in Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and South Asia. He currently serves as an independent consultant advising governments, development institutions, and private sector stakeholders. Previously, he was Director of Privatisation and Regulatory Practice at London Economics Ltd, Principal Consultant and Head of Energy Practice at CPCS Transcom Ltd, and held senior roles with the World Bank, DFID, Oxford Policy Management, and the Adam Smith Institute.
Dr. Sampson has led electricity reform programs in Oman, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq, and Jamaica, guiding utility unbundling, competitive markets, and regulatory design. He developed Jamaica’s National Energy Policy (2005) and Telecommunications Policy (1995), and contributed to energy/competition reforms in Malawi, Tanzania, and Nigeria. His PPP expertise includes structuring frameworks and transactions for electricity, rail, ports, and urban transit across Africa and the Caribbean, with specialized knowledge in legal/regulatory frameworks, tariff design, market structuring, institutional capacity building, and asset transfer strategies.
A pioneer in Caribbean management education, he founded the University of the West Indies’ Mona School of Business as Executive Director, establishing a leading graduate institution with international linkages. He has authored over 60 publications, including the landmark book From State to Market: The Journey of the Jamaican Economy.
Dr. Sampson holds a PhD in Public Utilities Economics (University of the West Indies), MA in Marketing (Lancaster University, UK), Certificate in Engineering Management & Aircraft Administration (Cranfield University), and Higher National Diploma in Business Studies (Welsh College of Advanced Technology). His honors include Jamaica’s Commander of the Order of Distinction (CD); Fellowships at the African Centre for Economic Transformation (FACET) and Jamaica Institute of Management (FJIM, where he served as Chairman); memberships in the Mauritius International Advisory Council on Competition, Institute for Regulation, Competition and Investment (India), and Rex Nettleford Foundation; Associateship at the PJ Patterson Global Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy; and Alumni Ambassador status for Lancaster University.
Currently an independent consultant advising governments, development institutions, and the private sector, he previously held senior roles with the World Bank, DFID, London Economics Ltd (Director of Privatisation), CPCS Transcom Ltd (Head of Energy Practice), Oxford Policy Management, and the Adam Smith Institute.
He has led major electricity reforms in Oman, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq, and Jamaica—guiding utility unbundling, competition, and market design. He developed Jamaica’s National Energy Policy (2005) and Telecommunications Policy (1995), and contributed to energy reforms in Malawi, Tanzania, and Nigeria. His PPP expertise covers electricity, rail, ports, and urban transit frameworks across Africa and the Caribbean.
A pioneer in Caribbean management education, he founded the Mona School of Business (University of the West Indies) as its first Executive Director. He authored over 60 publications, including the landmark book From State to Market: The Journey of the Jamaican Economy.
