Sophia Joseph Riboul is the Executive Director of the Association des Industries d’Haïti (ADIH), Haiti’s private-sector industrial association, recognized as being of public utility. Since July 2020, she has worked closely with the Board of Directors and association members to advance the interests of Haitian industries, strengthen private-sector competitiveness, promote investment, and support job creation and sustainable economic development.
With more than 17 years of experience in human resources and organizational management, Sophia brings a people-centered, business-oriented perspective to industrial development. She holds a master’s degree in Management and Business Development.
Her work focuses on strengthening the relationship between enterprise growth, workforce development, investment, and employment, while promoting constructive dialogue between the private sector and public institutions.
Through her leadership at ADIH, she contributes to initiatives aimed at strengthening Haiti’s manufacturing base, supporting local production, improving the business environment, and expanding opportunities for Haitian enterprises and workers.
She is also involved in advocacy surrounding the HOPE and HELP trade preference programs, which provide eligible Haitian textile and apparel products with preferential access to the U.S. market. These programs remain important tools for attracting investment, sustaining manufacturing operations, expanding exports, and creating jobs in Haiti.
Sophia advocates for a stronger connection between Haiti’s productive capacity and international market opportunities. She believes that sustainable job creation requires more than market access alone. It also depends on reliable supply chains, a supportive business environment, workforce development, productive investment, public-private partnerships, and stronger connections between Haitian producers, international buyers, investors, and diaspora networks.
Her perspective is grounded in a central conviction: Haiti’s proximity to the large and vibrant United States market, combined with its CBTPA, HOPE, and HELP trade preference programs, can become powerful engines of economic growth when translated into concrete investment, competitive production, stronger exports, and sustainable jobs.