Shirley Skerrit-Andrew
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ "New OECS Ambassador to Brussels appointed". archive.stlucia.gov.lc. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "SKNVibes | Kittitian woman appointed new OECS Ambassador to Brussels". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "BBCCaribbean.com | BBC Caribbean News in Brief". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Kittitian woman appointed new OECS Ambassador to Brussels". South Florida Caribbean News. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ a b "New Arrivals – Summer 2016 : Diplomat Magazine". Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "SKNVibes | Eustace Wallace appointed Counsellor at the St. Kitts and Nevis High Commission in London". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "SKNVibes | The advancement of Women's Rights and Gender Equality in St. Kitts & Nevis has a decorated history". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ "Nevisian Sherry Tross '92 appointed SKN's High Commissioner to Canada". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ 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) - ^ "St.Kitts-Nevis' 40 most Influential and Powerful Women 2016". NevisPages.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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