Faculty of Social Sciences

Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management

Dr. Stacey Estwick

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance (Adjunct)

Dr. Stacey Estwick  has been an Adjunct Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at UWI Cave Hill since 2019. Prior to this, she was a full time Lecturer at the Cave Hill Campus for ten (10) years and was the Co-ordinator of the MSc. Finance programme.  Dr. Estwick's knowledge of the field of accounting and finance was recognised at the global level.  In 2002, she scored the highest mark in the entire world in the ACCA Audit and Assurance examination.  

Well respected in the field, Dr. Estwick has been invited to sit on a number of boards and committees. In 2015 she served as a member of  the  Barbados Joint Economic Group.  She also serves as the Chair of Capital Financial Services Inc. Her substantive post is Head of Finance/Country Manager – Trisura International Insurance Ltd.  She also owns and manages Oracle Financial Services Inc.- a consultancy firm offering financial and accounting services to local and offshore businesses.

 

Academic Qualifications
  • PhD. Management Studies (Finance), UWI Cave Hill  (2016)
  • BSc. Accounting (First Class Honours) University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus  (2000)

Professional Qualifications

  • ​Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, University of the West Indies (2011)
  • Fellow of the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (FCCA) , Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants, London, UK Gold Medal Award for Audit and Assurance Services  (2008)
  • ACCA, Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants London, UK  (2002)

 

Undergraduate Courses 

  • ACCT 1002   Introduction to Financial Accounting (2009-present)
  • MGMT 2023  Financial Management (2009-2019)
  • MGMT 3048  Financial Management II  (2009-2019)
  • MGMT 3053  International Financial Management (2009-2019)

Graduate Courses

  • IMGT 6000  International Finance (2009-2019)

 

Research Interests

  • Financial Flexibility
  • Corporate Finance
  • Risk Management
  • Tax Planning

Selected Publications

  • Estwick, S. 2017. The impact of principal-principal conflict on financial flexibility: A case of Caribbean firms. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 8 (4). pp. 305 – 330.
  • Estwick, S. 2016. Principal-principal agency and financial flexibility in transition economies" Journal of Business Inquiry, 15 (1). pp. 33 – 54.
  • Estwick, S. 2015. The impact of principal-principal conflict on financial flexibility in transition economies: A study of Caribbean firms" Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 40 (2). pp. 99 – 124
  • Alleyne, P., Weekes-Marshall, D., Estwick, S. and Chadderton, R. 2014. An exploratory study Of ethical decision-mMaking in accountants in Barbados”. Journal of Academic Ethics, 12 (2). pp. 129-144.
  • Estwick, S. 2013. The SME finance dilemma: An exploratory study of Barbados. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 38 (3). pp. 1-28.

Selected Conferences

  • Estwick, S. 2015. Ownership structure, capital markets, and financial flexibility in the Caribbean. Paper presented at the Corporate Governance Conference, Barbados. September 2015.
  • Estwick, S. 2015. Financial flexibility in transition economies: The impact of principal -principal conflict. Paper presented at the International Business and Finance Research Conference, Nevada. January, 2015.
  • Estwick, S. 2014. Financial flexibility in the Caribbean: A study of Jamaica and Barbados . Paper presented at IAABD conference, Barbados, May 2014.
  • Estwick, S. 2013. The implications of liquidity for capital structure policy in small island developing states. Paper presented at Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies Annual conference, Barbados, April 2013.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Accounting and Auditing
  • Risk Management
  • Tax Planning
  • SME Finance

Public Service

  • Chairman, Capital Financial Services Inc.  (2017 – present)
  • Member, Micro-Business Committee, Barbados Public Workers Cooperative Credit Union (2015)
  • Member of Barbados Joint Economic Group – Budget 2015 Tax Reform  (2015)
  • Member, Finance Working Group of Organisation for the Advancement of Scientific and Commercial Agriculture (OASCA): This is a Caribbean initiative aimed at reviving the agricultural sector in small Caribbean islands  (2014).
  • Member of Asset Liability Finance Committee, Barbados Public Workers Cooperative Credit Union (2014)
  • Member, Financial Management Association International (www.fma.org)  (2012 – present)
  • Member, Caribbean Investments and Wealth Management  (2009 – present)