Shirley_Skerrit-Andrew

Shirley Skerrit-Andrew

Shirley Skerrit-Andrew

Economist and diplomat


Shirley Skerrit-Andrew is an economist and diplomat from St Kitts, who was appointed Ambassador of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to the European Union on 30 October 2008.[1][2][3] At her appointment she became the federation's first non-resident woman ambassador.[4] She held the appointment until 2013,[5] when she was succeeded by Len Ishmael.[6]

Skerritt-Andrew in 2009

As the first appointment to a newly created role, she took up her post as High Commissioner to Canada in 2016, with a brief to focus on renewable energy technologies.[5][7] She was succeeded in the role by Sherry Tross, who was appointed in 2018.[8][9]

In 2016 she was listed as one of St Kitts and Nevis' '40 Most Powerful Women'.[10]


References

  1. "New OECS Ambassador to Brussels appointed". archive.stlucia.gov.lc. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. "BBCCaribbean.com | BBC Caribbean News in Brief". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. "Kittitian woman appointed new OECS Ambassador to Brussels". South Florida Caribbean News. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  4. story-editor (2018-02-02). "Prime minister reports on changes in diplomatic landscape". The St Kitts Nevis Observer. Retrieved 2022-01-17. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)



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