Our Story
The Vivian Group has been serving public and private sector organizations since 2012, providing economic and market research services, strategic and development planning, monitoring and evaluation services, policy, and corporate communications services.
Based in New Providence, The Vivian Group is committed to serving the needs of the islands of The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean region. Over the years, we have researched and crafted solutions to serve the unique needs of individual organisations, industry groups, core sectors and communities at local, national and regional levels.
Meet Our Founder
The Vivian Group Ltd. is led by founding principal, Gabriella Fraser. An economist by profession, Ms. Fraser is a proven researcher and analyst. Her career achievements cross key sectors of the Bahamian economy, including higher education, tourism, financial services and electronic communications.
At The University of The Bahamas, she was the Associate Vice President with responsibility for External Affairs and a part time faculty member in the School of Business. She was the Director for Onshore Communications at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation and during her tenure at The Central Bank of The Bahamas, she held various positions including Economist. a leadership role in the Research Department. At the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority, Ms. Fraser was the Corporate and Consumer Relations Manager.
Ms. Fraser has been extensively trained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), The World Bank, The Bank of England, The Commonwealth Secretariat, The Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and the University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Center. Her formal education includes a Master of Arts degree in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham (UK), a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Barry University (USA), and an Associate of Arts degree in Pure and Applied Mathematics from The College of The Bahamas. Ms. Fraser also has a postgraduate Diploma in Financial Economics from the University of London and a postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Management from the University of Bath (UK). She has a certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science for studies in Unemployment, Inequality and the Welfare State and Economic Perspectives on Society.
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Associates
Vivian Group Associates are drawn from academia, private business, the public and non-government sectors and span a diverse range of professional and analytical expertise including social, business and economic disciplines and industrial fields.