KIMALA BENNETT,

Founder and CEO The LAB

Film-maker, entrepreneur, brand builder, strategist, author and more, Kimala Bennett has created a name and reputation for being multifaceted and uncompromising in the pursuit of a higher standard. Bennett has emerged as an entrepreneurial visionary in the creative space as founder and CEO of the ground-breaking advertising and production company The Limners and Bards (L. A. B.) Ltd, a fully integrated creative agency  and production company which produces 360-degree campaigns from concept to consumer, with high-quality content, as well as audio and film production and in 2019, it became the first advertising agency and production company to be listed on the Jamaica Junior Stock Exchange.

Bennett has also championed the education of well over 7,000 young Jamaicans in conceptualising, planning, and executing their businesses. In 2011, the “I Am the Change” young entrepreneurship programme was launched by her organization – and tutored by Bennett herself.

Kimala studied at Mount Holyoke College and thrived under the tutelage of the Network for Training Entrepreneurs and the internationally acclaimed Action Coach programme. She recently completed her EMBA at the Jack Welsh Management Institute EMBA programme.