The College of the West Indies (The UWI) has introduced that Dodridge Miller, FB, FCCA, MBA, LL.M, LLD (Hon) has been appointed as its seventh Chancellor — the best office-holder in The UWI system. Now formally Chancellor-Designate, Dr Miller is anticipated to serve a seven-year time period starting August 1. He’ll succeed Robert Bermudez who has served as Chancellor since 2017.
At its digital annual enterprise assembly held on Friday, April 26, members of the College Council accepted the advice of the Chancellor’s Search Committee to nominate Dr Miller. As the only real authority that has the facility to make choices associated to the management of our regional establishment, the College Council is accountable for appointing the brand new Chancellor in accordance with established statutes and processes outlined in the College’s Statute 4.
Dr Miller, a graduate of The UWI, is a Caribbean luminary with over 30 years of management expertise within the banking, insurance coverage, and monetary companies sectors. He was the Group President and CEO of Sagicor Monetary Firm for greater than 20 years till he retired in March 2023.
Dr Miller is globally recognised because the chief architect of Sagicor Monetary, the most important monetary companies conglomerate within the area. He’s credited with remodeling the previous Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society into the Sagicor Caribbean group, and with strategic USA and Canadian investments, into the worldwide company it’s as we speak. As a decided regionalist, he expanded Sagicor’s operations in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, the Group of Japanese Caribbean States, and the Bahamas, and created a pan-Caribbean identification for the corporate.
Dr Miller is a fellow of the Affiliation of Chartered Licensed Accountants (FCCA). He holds an MBA from the College of Wales and the Manchester Enterprise College, and an LL.M. in Company and Industrial Legislation from The UWI, the place he additionally served as a member of the Cave Hill Campus Council.
He has obtained a number of prestigious honours in his distinguished profession, together with the Order of Freedom of Barbados (FB), and from The UWI, an Honorary Physician of Legal guidelines diploma in 2008 and the award of the tittle, Professor of Follow in 2019.
Upon the affirmation of his appointment, Dr Miller responded, “It’s with nice humility that I settle for your appointment as Chancellor of this distinguished and essential College. For many of my grownup life, I’ve been an advocate for a powerful, vibrant UWI. As a company government I demonstrated my assist in your mission and remained dedicated to the knowledge of your path as you sought to construct the capability of the area’s human capital. As Chancellor, I’ll try to uphold the sturdy ideas and values of the College, and together with your steerage and assist hope to contribute to the essential activity of fashioning a Caribbean that’s sustainable and that may have interaction the remainder of the world on equal phrases. I look ahead to being part of The UWI’s journey in the direction of the continued growth of our area. I’m honoured.”
In extending congratulations, Chancellor Bermudez stated, “I’m delighted to welcome Dr Miller as Chancellor-Designate. It’s my perception that the College will profit from his expertise and contribution.”
Providing additional particulars on the method, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who chaired the Search Committee that really helpful Dr Miller for the publish famous, “Dr the Most Honourable Dodridge Miller is an eminent company transformational chief who possesses all of the required abilities to make an impressive Chancellor to his alma mater. The College neighborhood that is aware of him nicely is trying ahead to working with him on this new position.”
On the Council Assembly, Chancellor Bermudez delivered the opening remarks to start the proceedings. College Registrar, Dr. Maurice D. Smith then paid tribute to Robert Bermudez for his excellent management.
The College of the West Indies neighborhood expresses its profound appreciation to Mr Bermudez for his distinguished service.
