Amoy Chang Fong
(Chairman)
 

Eutrice Carrington
(Executive Director)
 

Terrence Bharath

 

Michal Andrews
 

Joan John
 

Dennis Adrian Gurley

 

Peter Clarke
 

Sharon Mohammed
 

Leonardo Ambrose


Sharon Mohammed

Ms. Sharon Mohammed has extensive experience in the field of finance and accounting. Mohammed is an accountant by profession and is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.

Ms. Mohammed has vast experience within the State Enterprise Sector and has undertaken feasibility studies of numerous State Enterprises, which includes financial and operational performances.

Her experience also includes examining and evaluating strategies to be adopted by State Enterprises, as well as the implementation and execution of the Divestment Policy of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Leonardo Ambrose

Mr. Leon Ambrose is a practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad & Tobago and past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad & Tobago.

His experience includes responsibility for Audit and Business Advisory Services for conglomerates, public and private companies and providing accounting outsourcing services to several industries.

Mr Ambrose has directed and participated in several consultancies, including forensic investigations, preparation of business plans and cash flow forecasting for companies, share valuations and development of Information Technology Strategic Plans.

Amoy Chang Fong
Chairman

Ms Chang Fong is a dynamic individual with an impressive professional portfolio. She received a BSc in Economics in 1967 from the University of Hull in England, and upon her return to Trinidad she worked at the Board of Inland Revenue. She then joined the Central Bank in 1968 as a Research Assistant, advancing to Senior Manager, Bank Operations.

In 1993 Ms Chang Fong became an Adviser to the Executive Director of the Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Two years later she became the first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank in 1995, a position she held until her retirement in 2005.

During her 36 years with the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms Chang Fong played a major role in the establishment of many of the Bank's contact in the international foreign exchange and capital markets, and made invaluable contributions at the Board level.

She has previously served as a Director of the UTC, the Stock Exchange, the Home Mortgage Bank and as a Commissioner at the Securities Exchange Commission.

Eutrice Carrington
Executive Director

Ms. Eutrice Carrington holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Hons) in Economics and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Her career in investment management spans a period of 18 years during which she held a variety of positions including Manager, Investment Management Services, Portfolio Manager and Research and Security Analyst.

Ms Carrington has executive responsibility for the Merchant Banking, Treasury and Asset management functions. This includes investment research, making investment recommendations and formulating and implementing strategic and tactical investment strategies.

 

Terrence Bharath

Called to the Bar of England & Wales in 1987, and admitted to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in Trinidad & Tobago in that year, Mr Bharath has been practicing law in this country since 1987.

He functions principally as an Advocate Attorney-at-Law in the field of Commercial Litigation. He is also a tutor at Hugh Wooding Law School.

Mr Bharath currently also serves as a Director at CBP Limited, a spice and condiment processing company.

Michal Yvette Andrews

Mrs Andrews has served as a Director on the UTC Board since 1997,and is also the current Chairman of the Belize Unit Trust.

A qualified accountant with 30 years of practical experience mainly in the area of taxation, she has developed substantial local, regional and international experience in this area. She is a former Commissioner of Inland Revenue, and was responsible for implementation of the Value Added Tax regime in Trinidad & Tobago. She has also assisted other countries in preparing for the implementation of their VAT systems: namely Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Puerto Rico, St Vincent, and Zimbabwe.

Mrs Andrews is a former Principal of Ernst & Young and headed their tax practice in Trinidad and Tobago. She was a part-time lecturer in Taxation for the MSC Accounting Programme at UWI’s Department of Management Studies, and also served as a member of this country’s Double Taxation Negotiating Team.

Mrs. Andrews holds a BSc in Accounting, a postgraduate Diploma from Harvard University’s International Tax Programme, is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA), and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad & Tobago (ICATT).

Joan John

Ms. Joan John has had extensive experience in the Research and Operations departments of the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago, operated at management and senior management levels and performed as Advisor to the Executive Director for T&T on the Board of the IMF.

She has prepared several papers on a number of topics in finance and economics, in particular in the areas of balance of payments, foreign exchange markets and payment systems. Her current responsibilities cover all domestic operations at the Central Bank and include the automation of payments clearance and settlement and the establishment of the payments oversight function. She has represented the Bank at several conferences and seminars and served as the Bank’s representative on regional and international bodies.

Dennis Adrian Gurley

Senior Counsel Dennis Adrian Gurley is a Managing Partner at J.D. Sellier & Co.

In addition to serving on the UTC Board as a director, Mr Gurley also serves on the boards of Trinidad and Tobago Stocks & Shares Limited, the Mercantile Banking & Financial Corporation Ltd, Hand Arnold Holdings Ltd; B.H. Rose Limited, the Dispute Resolution Centre, and the President’s Award Foundation. He is also Chairman of Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Mr Gurley has written publications dealing with mediation policy and alternative dispute resolution issues, and is a member of the Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago; the Law Society of England and Wales; the International Bar Association; and the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations

Peter Clarke

Mr Clarke is a Financial Consultant, and has enjoyed a 22-year career in the stock broking industry. During the period 1984-2000, he was the Managing Director of Money Managers Limited, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s leading stock broking firms. He later assumed the role of Managing Director of West Indies Stockbrokers Limited (WISE) and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2001, a position he held until his retirement in December 2005.

In addition to his role of Director of the Unit Trust Corporation, he is also Director of The General Building and Loans Association, Allied Hotels Limited and the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, where he served as Chairman from 1995-1999. He has also served as a member of the Betting Levy Board and as Deputy Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Free Zones Company Limited.

Mr Clarke obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1976, and later gained a Law degree from Downing College, Cambridge University. He was called to the Bar as a member of Gray’s Inn, London in 1979 and was admitted practise law in Trinidad and Tobago in January 1980. He served as a Barrister-at-Law in private practice until 1984.