Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Rise Guyana Holdings
Kristine Thompson is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rise Guyana Holdings, Guyana’s first institutional real asset platform. Started in 2024, Rise Guyana is now raising its second fund of US$150 million focused on Guyana and Suriname.
Kristine spent her early career in management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group in the U.S., Canada and internationally, in the areas of corporate strategy, organization, and mergers and acquisitions. She then transitioned to lead companies in the Caribbean region across several industries including financial services, manufacturing, energy, consumer goods and luxury real estate. Before starting Rise Guyana, she was the CEO of Cabot Saint Lucia, leading the development of a luxury golf course and real estate community for the Canadian golf brand in the Caribbean, and acted as the CEO of Sunshine Snacks Limited. Prior to this she was a Senior Executive at Guardian Holdings Limited, a regional non-bank financial institution, where she launched and spun out an energy private equity fund.
Kristine also co-founded and developed a number of entertainment franchise businesses across the region.
Kristine holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada. She recently completed her 15 year tenure as a Director of the Republic Financial Holdings Group and Republic Bank Trinidad.
