The Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Mr Stokeley Isidore Smart

Senior Lecturer/Subject Leader in Actuarial Science

Qualifications

• Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL), 2020
• Pension Plan Administration Certificate (P.P.A.C.), Canadian Pensions and Benefits Institute, 2008
• Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) Hedge Fund Risk Management course, 2008
• Certified Enterprise Risk Analyst (C.E.R.A.), Society of Actuaries, 2007
• Professional Risk Manager (P.R.M.), Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, 2006
• Bachelor of Laws, Honours (LL.B.), University of London, 1998
• Honours Bachelor of Science (H.B.Sc), (Major in Actuarial Science, Major in Statistics, Minor in Mathematics), University of Toronto, 1995

Fellowships and Training

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (F.S.A.), Society of Actuaries, 2008

Research Interest Groups

• Actuarial Science

Research Interests

• Lead consultant in the development of the re-pricing protocols pertaining to the Caribbean Court of Justice’s Electronic Case Management System (2016 – 2020).
• Lead consultant in the creation of a database of the mean ages of attainment of various tooth developmental (mineralization) stages. This will allow for the estimation of chronological age in both the ethnic specific Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadi
• Lead consultant in creating three Mortality Tables specific to Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica using census data and data provided by the National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago. These three tables are going to be part of two publications that
• Lead consultant in the development of a self- sustaining model for the funding of Tertiary education at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine that will ultimately be used for creating a self-sustaining model for GATE (2018 – ongoing).
• Lead consultant in the investigation of the relationship between the social issues of crime, chronic diseases and mental development of children as it relates to potable water quality in different geographic locations in Trinidad and Tobago (2019 – ong
• In the process of authoring a book on Tortious Liabilities (2019 – ongoing).
• Part of the Caribbean Actuarial Association’s (CAA) COVID-19 modelling team that provided support to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago during the ongoing pandemic crisis. (Please refer to the letter dated June 16th 2021 from the Caribbean Actuarial
• Lead consultant in the development of a Purchasing Power Parity Matrix for the Caribbean Court of Justice (2021 – ongoing).

Featured Work

• ‘Why the Financial Services Industry Needs a Risk assessment Committee’. Trinidad and Tobago Express Business Section. Citations: 1 (April 2012)
• ‘Transport Fatalities in T&T are 300% hike in cyclist fatalities in 2018’. Trinidad and Tobago Express Business Section. Citations: 1 (December 2018)

Graduate Students

• Zachary Ramlochan – Associate Professional assigned to Mr. Smart.