There is a new player in the accounting services industry in St Lucia. It is called BDO, named after its founders Binder, Dijker, Otto —35 years ago. The company is one of the top five accounting firms in the world and is growing rapidly with presence in 1110 countries.
Its latest expansion is BDO Eastern Caribbean with the local office headed by senior chartered accountant and entrepreneur Brenda Williams along with her team of professional financial managers.

Brenda Williams established her accounting career in England at the firm Arthur Andersen then moved to St Lucia where she worked with accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand and eventually becoming a founding member of Chase, Skeete and Boland. Now she heads BDO St. Lucia, the only accounting firm with a female at the helm.

Earlier this week members of the local business and accounting fraternity were invited to the official launch of BDO St Lucia where they had the opportunity to meet the BDO local team as well as regional and international partners.
During her speech head of BDO St Lucia noted that
this was a proud moment for her and staff. “We are happy and proud to be part of the BDO family and more importantly we are pleased to bring the world of BDO to our fledgling society. Our current and potential clients can expect the very best in professional audit and financial accounting services delivered with local care and attention and supported by a strong international network,” said Williams.

Senior BDO Executive in the Caribbean and Managing Partner of BDO Curacao Gerd Glaudemans see the Eastern Caribbean presence as a seminal moment in the expansion of the BDO network. “We have always had a very solid foundation in the Caribbean region with offices in British Virgin Islands, the Cayman
Islands, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, St Marten and Curacao. This presence in the Eastern Caribbean has truly poised us for further growth and expansion and we are very excited about this”, noted Glaudemans.

BDO maintains diverse expertise of North American and United Kingdom qualified accountants and business school graduates. Also, the firms attract and train graduates of the University of the West Indies and the Community
Colleges in St Lucia and
St Vincent.

Both firms have been the principal training ground for locally qualified accountants, most of whom are the Chief Financial Officers of the leading local private sector and public sector companies and corporations.

BDO’s distinctive reputation for client proximity is built upon its commitment to all its stakeholders and lives by the ethos “what matters to them matters to us.”

Our story is one of continuously responding to ever changing client needs.

Since its inception, the BDO network has continued to transform in response to client needs. Its move to a single global trading name demonstrates its commitment to service its clients and to compete successfully in its market on a multinational basis.

BDO has excellent partner to staff ratio, with 46,035 people working with its clients and offering challenging, ethical and practical advice from 1,138 offices in 115 countries.

BDO’s commitment to knowledge and best practice sharing means that expertise is easily shared across the network. The common methodologies and
IT platform ensure effective and efficient service delivery to all clients. To maintain standards it has a robust accreditation process and quality assurance review procedure.

BDO states that it remains focused on helping clients navigate ever-changing economic and market conditions by providing high quality advice and service on a consistent basis.

BDO St Lucia is located at the Choc Commercial Park and offers a full suite of auditing and advisory services including corporate finance, financial projections and tax advice.