Reprinted from Caribbean Net News
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Britain’s FCO appoints former Caribbean diplomat to advisory board
12-07-2006

LONDON, England: Former Caribbean diplomat, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been appointed by the British government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office to its Caribbean Board.

Sir Ronald is a business executive, sitting on the Board of Directors of telecommunications companies based in the US. He also writes an insightful and thought-provoking weekly column for Caribbean Net News on international events impacting the region. Over the last two years, he has been invited to participate in international seminars focusing on the problems of small states.

The Caribbean Board’s terms of reference include: helping to promote and enhance the commercial and business links between the UK and the Caribbean; providing the UK government with a source of constructive, independent advice which enables ways to consolidate and build on the existing relationship between the UK and the Caribbean; and advising the British government on opportunities for the establishment of linkages in the areas of education, social and cultural affairs, media, sport, entertainment and Information technology.

Sanders, brings a wealth of varied experience to the Board. In media, he has been a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, President of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union and member of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean News Agency. In business, he has served on the board of directors of banking institutions and telecommunications companies. As a diplomat he was Antigua and Barbuda’s High Commissioner to London and Ambassador to the World Trade Organization.

Sir Ronald has also served as an advisor to a joint Commonwealth-World Bank Task Force on small states and has published widely on the Caribbean in the international community. His last book, “Crumbled Small” was published in London last year.

The Caribbean Board has been in existence for four years and its members are mostly eminent persons of Caribbean background, whose work involves them closely with Caribbean affairs.