Astrid has over 15 years of strategic planning, governance, capitalization and project development expertise. She has been named in the Top 250 global corporate governance professionals by the Agilience Authority Index.

Astrid currently acts as Managing Director of Business Strategy to Vezta Triumph Ltd., a management consultancy based out of Miami, Florida and Trinidad W.I. Vezta Triumph Ltd. works with a boutique of private clients based on the TEAM model for Comprehensive Strategic Planning (CSP) and Sustainable Project Management (SPM). In September 2009, Astrid developed the Sustainable Corporate Governance (SCG) Model for Vezta Triumph Ltd., developing business continuity as a subset of corporate social responsibility. She was interviewed concerning the SCG model by the International Alternative Investment Review.

At Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank (Trinidad & Tobago), Astrid assisted Citi’s local and New York based deal team as Energy Risk Analyst for the pioneering US$750 million 15 Year 144 A international bond offering of the Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Gasoline Optimization Project. She worked briefly as part of a select Banco Citibank Brazil team, focusing on a portfolio of 33 conglomerate client relationships within the energy, infrastructure and retail sectors in the Caribbean and Central America. Upon leaving Citigroup, Astrid supported the deal closure team as Account Executive for Barbadian securities firm Sagicor Merchant Ltd., a subsidiary of Sagicor Life Inc.

Astrid has been extensively involved in startup business structure and capitalization. From 2011, Astrid served as Managing Partner of Sente Capital LLC based out of San Mateo, California. The Sente Capital Early Stage Venture Capital (ESV) Fund, a boutique fund of US$100 million, comprised early stage ventures and technology intellectual property in the Information Technology, Clean Tech, and Life Sciences industries. Astrid is currently author at STARTUS, the top European startup hub based in Vienna, Austria, with a recent focus on various Silicon Valley startup valuation techniques for pre-revenue startups. Astrid joined the Stanford University Technology Entrepreneurship (TE) program via NovoEd as a mentor in 2016, after completing the TE program as a student.

Astrid is an advocate of financial policy within the banking, insurance and private equity industries. She provides thought leadership through the Financial Policy Council based out of Manhattan, New York. She is an affiliate member of trade advocacy group Business Forward out of Washington D.C. and has thus provided the US International Trade Commission with formal testimonial supporting free trade. She is a member of the SME Alliance Ltd., which provides lobbying for small businesses in the United Kingdom. She is an advocate of human rights via Globcal International, an NGO supportive to Goodwill Ambassadors.

Astrid has a B.S. in Economics/Finance and a B.A. in International Studies from Barry University, Miami Shores Florida. She is currently pursuing executive continuing education via Stanford University, and has recently become certified in Public Procurement with the World Bank Group.