MANTRA: “Thinking Big…Transforming the World”
Raquel Beneby-Hart, IIMP is a Bahamian entrepreneur, strategist,
transformation leader, empowerment speaker and author. She has started
and operates several businesses including Out of the Box Market Research
Group, Blue Marlin Corporate Concierge Services, and Raquel Beneby Inc.
Raquel is an Award winning Fortune 500 Trained International Business
Development Strategist, Marketing Specialist, and Publicist.
Sponsored by the Caribbean Export Development Agency, she is a 2014
graduate of ProNet - A Business Management Training Programme for SME
having studied Business Strategies, Cost & Financial Management, and
Export Marketing. She is also a 2011 graduate of the Academy of
International Business Officials in Beijing, China has studied ‘Trade and the
Environment for Developing Countries’. Raquel has over 20 years of combined experience in Marketing,
Branding, Communications, Training, and Events Management having worked with notable international
brands such as Xerox, IBM, Riso Inc., Burger King and Pollo Tropical and A-list celebrities. She is a member
of Toastmasters International, the International Institute of Marketing Professionals and has represented the
Bahamas on the International Advisory Council of Marketing Professionals.
Raquel’s leadership has given her opportunities to serve as a Director with the Grand Bahama Chamber of
Commerce (2011-2013) co-chairing the Small Business Development and Education Committees. She is
also a past Executive Director for the Downtown Freeport Business Association (DFBA). In her current
position as Personal Assistant to the Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister,
she is the liaison for the Minister’s office for investor, diplomatic, stakeholder and community relations.
Raquel has led the team in organizing the first Grand Bahama Technology Summit that is paving the way for
Grand Bahama has an offshore technology hub.
Raquel is a community builder following in the footsteps of her parents Granville & Rose Beneby, and has
undertaken such noble platforms including:
High Heels Higher Goals for professional women and female entrepreneurs
HHHG Mastermind Group
HHHG Investment Group
My Sisters Closet who distributes professional work wear to high school girls and Hygiene Kits to primary
school girls
Started the Pineridge Small Business Association
An accomplished public speaker and writer, Raquel has also been interviewed by local and regional TV
News Houses, Radio Shows and newspapers and most recently made a guest appearance on Cooper’s
Treasures on the Discovery Channel.