President names Four new Integrity Commission members APPOINTMENT of new members of the Integrity Commission Following the expiration of the term of office of four of the five members of the Integrity Commission, the President advises that the following four persons are to be appointed as members of the Integrity Commission: Justice Sebastian Ventour (retired), Mr. Seunarine Jokhoo, Mr. Deonarine Jaggernauth and Dr. Shelly-Anne Lalchan. Justice Sebastian Ventour (retired) has had a distinguished 34-year legal career. He was Senior Partner at the law firm of Fitzwilliam, Stone, Furness-Smith and Morgan and a Judge in the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago for 14 years. He has also served at the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, both as Secretary and as a Member of the Disciplinary Committee. Justice Ventour (retired) currently lectures at the Hugh Wooding Law School, where he has taught for 22 years. He is married, with three children. Mr. Seunarine Jokhoo is a returning member of the Integrity Commission, having previously been appointed to serve a three-year term on March 15, 2010. A chartered accountant, he has a 35-year history in the public service, from which he retired as Director of State Enterprises and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He also worked in the private sector as Financial Controller of Amar Holdings Limited, General Manager and Director of the Citrus Growers Association and Executive Chairman of National Fisheries Company Limited. Mr. Jokhoo has chaired and served on numerous boards. An avid farmer, he is married with four children. Mr. Deonarine Jaggernauth has given 33 years of service to the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Petrotrin), formerly TRINTOC and will be retiring in a few weeks. A petroleum and environmental engineer by profession, Mr. Jaggernauth is a researcher who has published many papers and received several awards including the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Distinguished Member Award in 2005. A part-time lecturer at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), he is also current Vice President of the TRINTOC Penal Credit Union. Mr. Jaggernauth is a lay-minister at the St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church. Dr. Shelly-Anne Lalchan, a leading ophthalmologist and surgeon, is a Fellow of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmologists, Member of the International Society of Glaucoma Surgery and founder of the West Indian Society of Glaucoma Surgeons (WINGS). Having spent the majority of her medical career practising in the United Kingdom, she has returned home where she is currently in private practice. She is also an Associate Lecturer in Postgraduate Ophthalmology with the University of the West Indies at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Dr. Lalchan is quietly engaged in social work in her professional area of expertise. She is married to a medical doctor and is the proud mother of one. The Oath of Office will be administered to the new members of the Commission soon.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:08:54 +0000