Lisa Wickham

Childhood and early career

Wickham first started on television in Trinidad and Tobago at the age of six making appearances on the live weekly children’s TV show Rikki Tikki, aired on the national TV channel Trinidad and Tobago Television,TTT. At the age of 13, while attending school at Holy Name Convent, she was given her own segment on the show to host known as the "Spelling Bee".

As a child and teenager she was active in a number of social and community groups, including the Queen's Royal College Scout Troupe, being one of the first female Venture Scouts in Trinidad and Tobago.

In 1987, Wickham was selected to host the weekly teen talent show Party Time, alongside Wendell Constantine, which she hosted for the first four seasons from 1987-1989 on the national TV channel Trinidad and Tobago Television.

While on television, Wickham continued in her academic pursuits at the University of the West Indies from where she graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) in Management.

At the same time Wickham continued to present on TV and radio shows and to host live concerts/shows across Trinidad and Tobago.

Television

In 1999, she was invited to co-host the mid-morning live talk show Dateline on Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), alongside Allyson Hennessy.

In 2002, she was offered the premier role as host of Trinidad and Tobago Television’s live prime-time morning talk show T&T This Morning, which she hosted and co-produced until the station closed in 2005. By this time Wickham had launched her own television production entity making the transition to producer-director, and producing Caribbean-syndicated shows such as The E-Zone and Bon Mange as well as music videos for some of the top soca artistes in the Caribbean, including Shurwayne Winchester and Patrice Roberts. Wickham had also begun to make guest host appearances on the prime-time morning show of Barbados, Mornin' Barbados, on the national TV channel CBC, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (2002–05).

By 2006 The E-Zone TV Show (produced, directed and co-presented by Wickham) had been picked up by Omni 1, Canada, and BET J, in the US having already aired in 20 Caribbean territories. The E-Zone TV Show features the people, places and faces of the West Indian diaspora. It has been to carnivals in London, Miami, Canada, New York and most of the Caribbean Islands, St. Kitts Music Festival, Dominica's World Creole Music Festival, Antigua Sailing Week, St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, among others. It has featured personalities including regional prime ministers, presidents, international recording stars and Caribbean artistes.

By 2008, Wickham had produced and directed shows for Black Entertainment Television (BET and BET J), such as the St. Lucia Jazz Festival Post Show (2006 and 2007), the Turks and Caicos Music Festival (2006) and the 2007 Trinidad Carnival Special. She continues to produce and direct with selected on-air appearances.

Wickham produced and directed the stage production of the 2007 and 2008 COTT Music Awards and produced and co-directed the edited TV version of the show that was aired across the Caribbean.

Career

Lisa Wickham is an alumna of the Warwick Business School, UK (MBA with Distinction), University of the West Indies (BSc. Hons), Wirschaft Universität, Vienna, Austria, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India and the London Film Academy. During and after her school years she has published in a number of business journals and newspapers and has conducted a number of motivational sessions and workshops throughout the Caribbean, for schools, organizations, government community projects and the Trinidad & Tobago Defence Force.

Her extensive experience spans from General Manager of the University of the West Indies, Institute of Business (IOB) to being Head of the Global Quality Exchange, a World Bank Project for Business Expansion and Industrial Restructuring for Trinidad & Tobago and CEO of Vision Marketing Caribbean Co. Ltd. She is currently the CEO of E-Zone Entertainment, a Division of Imagine Media International Limited.

Appearing on television since the age of six, she successfully made the transition from children’s TV to adult contemporary TV, hosting a series of successful TV productions including a daily morning prime-time TV Show on national TV in Trinidad and Tobago and the popular E-Zone entertainment TV magazine show, which has been syndicated throughout the Caribbean and in the US on BET J. She has been a contributor to BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC 1 XTRA and has produced TV programmes for BET/BET J as well as the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

In 2006 she founded E-Zone the Mag! magazine, which features articles on Caribbean entertainment personalities. E-Zone the Mag! and E-Zone TV Show have been used as teaching tools for the Caribbean Studies CAPE exam course in some high schools in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean.

In 2007 and 2008, she was the artistic director and producer (for both stage and television) of the highly acclaimed Annual COTT Music Awards, including the COTT Foundation Awards Dinner.

In 2009, Wickham was also Producer-Trinidad for the UNICEF-MTV HIV/AIDS awareness film Tribes shot in Trinidad. She followed this up in 2010, as associate director for the Best of CaribbeanTales Film Festival, Symposium and Film Market in Barbados. Wickham is currently the producer of the Frances-Anne Solomon film BREAK OUT on the sex trade and transactional sex in Trinidad and Tobago.

Selected work as producer and/or director

Television shows

Event producer

Public relations and media management

Films and festivals

Advertisements and corporate features (selected)

Music videos

Selected work as presenter