Shirley Skerrit-Andrew
Economist and diplomat
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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]
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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]
