September 2013


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Dr Keith Nurse assumed responsibilities as Executive Director of The UWI Consulting Company, effective August 1.

The UWI Consulting Company is the entity through which The UWI provides consulting services regionally and internationally. Dr Nurse will be assisted by Deputy Director Professor Claremont Kirton as they work to strengthen UWI Consulting as a portal through which the expertise of UWI faculty, alumni and affiliates can be accessed for consultancies in a wide variety of areas.

Prior to joining UWI Consulting, Dr Nurse served as a consultant and advisor to several governments and regional organizations, including the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Export Development Agency and the Caribbean Tourism Organization. He also served previously at international organizations including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Organization of American States and the Commonwealth Secretariat. He is the incumbent World Trade Organization Chair at The UWI and former Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Professor Claremont Kirton is Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at The UWI’s Mona Campus, Jamaica. His academic research and policy oriented analytical work are concentrated on issues related to Caribbean economic development. He has researched and published in the area of banking and finance, dealing with indigenous banking, non-bank financial intermediaries (credit unions, housing finance institutions), financial sector crises and informal finance. Professor Kirton has provided advisory and consulting services to regional and international agencies such as the Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, and the European Union.