CAIC Secretariat

Ms. Carol Ayoung

Chief Executive Officer

CAIC’s Chief Executive Officer, Carol was formerly the Deputy Programme Manager, External Economic and Trade Relations at the CARICOM Secretariat and brings to the Association a wealth of experience in International Trade and Finance. Carol graduated with a BSc in Human Relations and Organisations from the Mona Campus of the UWI, Post Graduate Diplomas in International Relations as well as in Mass Communications and a MSc in International Finance and Marketing.

Ms. Barbara Atwell

Executive Secretary

With 26 years of working experience in the corporate sector, finance and tertiary education (UWI, St. Augustine).  Barbara’s career has been wide and varied encompassing administrative, secretarial, marketing and public relations, strategic planning, supervisory, purchasing, budgetary control and planning and implementation of Conferences.

Mr. Courtney Lindsay

Trade Policy Officer

Courtney Lindsay joined the CAIC Secretariat in September 2008, and is currently serving as Trade Policy Officer with responsibility for Private Sector representation in areas inclusive of CARICOM-Canada trade relations, CARICOM-India relations, CARICOM-Haiti trade relations, Private Sector-CSME matters, as well as Private Sector relations with other non-governmental, governmental and multinational agencies.

He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona, where he received a B.A. in History and International Relations, and also the UWI, St. Augustine campus, Institute of International Relations, where he received an M.Sc in International Relations with Merit focusing on the topic “R&D, Innovation and Advanced Learning: Developmental Tools for CARICOM States.”

Mr. Ian Ivey

Ian is a Principal of NEXT and has a Masters Degree in Science with first class honours from Massey University in New Zealand. He has had senior management roles in the horticulture, corporate investment, and international petrochemical sectors, and has travelled and worked in many countries throughout Europe, the Arabian Gulf, Asia, North America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim.

In recent years, he has been working in the area of future proofing businesses and organisations in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and the Caribbean using Strategic Foresight principles and processes, technology transfer between Europe and Australasia, and expanding a network of key international partners.

His passion is for people, new technologies and concepts, the future and the development of strategies for individuals, businesses and organisations to achieve success in a world of accelerating change.

Alicia Archer

Accountant

Alicia Archer is the CAIC accountant since 2008 and has been in the accounting environment since 2005. Ms. Archer is currently completing Level III of the ACCA.

Anne-Marie Agong

Trade Policy Officer

Ms. Anne-Marie Agong is a graduate of the Institute of International Relations, UWI St. Augustine with a Master of Science degree in International Relations.  At CAIC, Ms. Agong holds the portfolio for all Bilaterals, Energy, WTO and Regional Manufacturers Associations..  Prior to joining CAIC, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago.