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]

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  2. ↑ "SKNVibes | Kittitian woman appointed new OECS Ambassador to Brussels". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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  4. ↑ "Kittitian woman appointed new OECS Ambassador to Brussels". South Florida Caribbean News. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  5. 1 2 "New Arrivals – Summer 2016 : Diplomat Magazine" . Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  6. ↑ "SKNVibes | Eustace Wallace appointed Counsellor at the St. Kitts and Nevis High Commission in London". www.sknvibes.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Nevisian Sherry Tross '92 appointed SKN's High Commissioner to Canada". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ "St.Kitts-Nevis' 40 most Influential and Powerful Women 2016". NevisPages.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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