Leadership
Maurice Laramy (1947-2023)
Founder - Laramy Investments
Known as “de original shopkeeper”, Maurice founded the Laramy brand in the early 1980’s, marking the beginning of a lifelong commitment to disciplined entrepreneurship and value creation.
His first company, Laramy Investments, was built from the ground up, and grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise through unwavering integrity, operational discipline, and persistence.
Maurice understood that business success and national prosperity were inseparable.
Throughout his career, he moved between entrepreneurship and the political arena—not for personal gain, but because he believed Dominica's entrepreneurs deserved the same tools and opportunities available anywhere else. Driven by his humble upbringing, he built Laramy’s to prove to himself—and to every Dominican entrepreneur who came from nothing—that extraordinary success wasn't reserved for the privileged. Through tireless advocacy, mentorships, and strategic investments, he was a living example for hundreds more to follow.
His commitment to "giving back" wasn't charity—it was nation-strengthening. That same conviction drives Laramy Group today: investing in Dominica’s next generation of entrepreneurs isn't just good business.It's how we continue Maurice's work of building economic sovereignty, one entrepreneur at a time.
In her current professional role, Sharlene oversees technology strategy and product development for a platform serving the world's leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. She also served as Chief Technology Officer of a multi-billion-dollar asset management fund, where she led the development of highly distributed, low latency financial trading platforms. This experience in capital management, risk assessment, and enterprise technology directly informs her approach on the convergence of software engineering, growth equity and business operations.
Sharlene honors her father's legacy the only way that matters—by extending it. She's ensuring that Dominican entrepreneurs have access to world-class technology, capital, and strategic partnerships; not someday, but now.
Maurice didn't build businesses just to build wealth. He built them to prove that economic sovereignty starts with entrepreneurs. Empower one, and you strengthen the economy. Empower hundreds, and you transform a nation.
Laramy Group exists to transform Dominica.
Sharlene (Laramy) Carnegie
Chief Executive Officer - Laramy Group
Sharlene Carnegie founded Laramy Group to solve a problem she saw firsthand: talented Dominican entrepreneurs building successful businesses, but unable to access capital, technology, and market connections needed to scale internationally.
Her lengthy career has spanned financial services and life sciences.
