March 2019


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Richard Saunders, former Campus Registrar, has passed

On February 10, 2019, Richard Saunders, former Campus Registrar and a well-regarded member of The UWI St Augustine community, passed away. He was appointed Campus Registrar on March 1, 2013 and served until his recent retirement on July 31, 2018.

A Senior Executive with over 40 years’ experience in project development, project implementation, real estate sales and marketing, he led several campus management teams. His professional experience bridged the industrial, public and private enterprise, and academic. Saunders held senior executive positions in both the public and private sector, including TSTT, Alston’s Building Enterprises Limited, the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian Properties Limited and most recently, he was Managing Director at TTPOST.

The former Campus Registrar was an honours graduate of The UWI, attained his MSc in electronic instrumentation at the University of Wales, Swansea, and a diploma in public enterprise management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Saunders was a Past President and Director of the Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) as well as the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT). Throughout his career he was very active in professional associations and at the time of his passing was Vice-President of the Trinidad and Tobago Group of Professional Associations (TTGPA).

The campus community extends condolences to the family and friends of Richard Saunders.