Wendell Mottley

Mottley was born 2 July 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He was the youngest of four brothers who were all runners. He attended Queen's Royal College, an elite public high school in Port of Spain. He earned a master's degree in economics from St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge. == Athletics ==

Mottley was a sprinter for Yale University track team. == Career ==

Politics Mottley was elected as Senator to the Trinidad and Tobago 2nd Republican Parliament from 1981 to 1986, and was appointed Minister of Housing and Resettlement from 1981 to 1985. He was then appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce, serving from 1985 to 1986. He also founded the Civilian Conservation Corps in Trinidad and Tobago. He was Minister of Tourism from 1994 to 1995. His party received 5,955 votes (1%) and captured no seats in the 2002 general election. After Cambridge, Mottley worked in London, before returning to Trinidad and Tobago, where he developed a career in housing development. Mottley was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, a United States–based think tank, where he contributed Trinidad and Tobago--industrial policy 1959–2008 : a Historical and Contemporary Analysis in 2008. Later, he was chairman of the board of the Unit Trust Corporation, the Caribbean's largest mutual fund company. He served on the board of the Pan-American Life Insurance Group from 2013 to his retirement in 2021, when he reached the board's mandatory retirement age of 80. == Affiliations ==

Mottley served on the board of World Wildlife Fund and the Asa Wright Bird Foundation, a Caribbean environmentalist group. He is also a member of the Yale School of Forestry leadership council. ==Honours==

On 1 November 2018, Mottley received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT) for his contribution to national development and public service. ==References==