OUR COMMISSIONERS

MR. DOUGLAS MENDES, SC – Chairman

Mr. Douglas Mendes, SC is a lawyer, former judge and academic. He is the Vice President of the Caribbean Centre for Human Rights and also the Honorary Legal Counsel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal of Belize for three (3) years and a temporary judge of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago, during the period April to September 1998. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies (UWI) for a period of 14 years, ending in 2012. In 2011, Mr. Mendes completed a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford (with distinction). Mr. Mendes was appointed as Chairman on April 25, 2016 and will serve in this position for two (2) years.

MRS. ENID ZEPHYRINE – Deputy Chairman

Mrs. Enid Zephyrine is a financial management and development expert with over thirty years’ shared experience in both the Public Sector and Financial Services Sector. She served as a Senior Advisor and member of the Board of Directors of the World Bank Group, in Washington D.C., as Executive Director Investment/Divestment with responsibility for monitoring the State Enterprises under the purview of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) and as Director, Economic Management with responsibility for the macro fiscal and debt management portfolio of GORTT. Mrs. Zephyrine is a Chartered Certified Accountant by profession and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. She attended Brunel University in the United Kingdom where she obtained the Master of Science (MSc.) in International Money, Finance and Investment. Mrs. Zephyrine was appointed as Madam Deputy Chair on April 25, 2016 and will serve in this position for two (2) years.

MR. IMTIAZ HOSEIN

Mr. Imtiaz Hosein holds a distinguished career in the area of finance and business management and has over 25 years of diversified experience both in the Private and Government sectors. His main areas of expertise are Leadership and Business Management, Financial Management, Accounting, Corporate Services, Internal Audit and Quality Management. Mr. Hosein is a holder of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a Certified Chartered Accountant having his FCCA qualifications, a Certified Quality Manager (CQM) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Mr. Hosein was appointed as a Commissioner on April 25, 2016 and will serve in this position for two (2) years.

MR. PATRICK SOLOMON

Mr. Patrick Solomon is a Central Banker and currently holds the position of Senior Specialist Advisor, Corporate Governance, Controls and Compliance. Mr. Solomon is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services. He served as President of the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBAF) during the 2003/2004 term and received a Fellowship from that institution in 2005 for his contribution to its development. In addition, he is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT). He was appointed as a Commissioner on April 25, 2016 and will serve in this position for two (2) years.

MRS. SUZETTE TAYLOR-LEE CHEE

Mrs. Suzette Taylor-Lee Chee is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. Mrs Taylor-Lee Chee’s portfolio at the Ministry of Finance includes, Public Debt Administration and Management, Macro Fiscal Policy and Programming, Taxation Policy, and interfacing on behalf of the Ministry of Finance with Credit Rating Agencies and Multilateral Financial Institutions. Mrs Taylor-Lee Chee is also responsible for the Ministry of Finance’s interaction with CARICOM and its various organs and serves on the board of the Barbadosbased CARICOM Development Fund.

Between 2009 and 2010 she was assigned to the World Bank in Washington D.C., as the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s representative situated in the office of the Executive Director with responsibility for Brazil, Columbia, the Philippines, Suriname, Haiti, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago.

Mrs. Taylor-Lee Chee possesses a B.Sc. degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine and a Master of Business Administration, from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Scotland.

Her appointment was effected on March 17, 2014 and she is currently serving her second term as Commissioner.