Speakers

• Professor Richard Auty - Feature Speaker
• Mr. Ewart Williams
• Professor Paul Stevens
• Ms. Valerie Mercer-Blackman
• Mr. Matthew Genasci
• Mr. Hunter Munroe
• Mr. Jason Joseph Cotton
• Dr. Wayne Bertrand
• Mr. Mark Regis
• Mr. Steven Greenleaf
• Mr. John Andrews
• Mr. Peter Mitchell

Mr. Ewart Williams - Feature Presenter

 

Mr. Williams was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in July 2002 following a thirty-year career with the International Monetary Fund.

 

During his Fund career he was the IMF Resident Representative to Jamaica; Assistant Director in charge of Central America and Mexico; and Deputy Director in the Western Hemisphere Department. 

 

Mr. Williams has led IMF missions to several countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.  He was the mission leader that negotiated one of the stand-by arrangements with Barbados in the 1980’s.

 

In 2001, he was the main architect of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), established by the IMF and other multilateral and bilateral agencies to assist the region in capacity building, in public finance, banking and statistics.  The Centre, which is located in Barbados, is now a principal source of technical assistance for Caribbean countries.

 

He holds a Bachelor of Sciences Degree and a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies.  He is presently Chairman of the Campus Council of the University of the West Indies.