Dr Patrick Antoine

Dr. Patrick Antoine is an Economist, and First-Class honours graduate in Economics from the University of the West Indies and Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Economics, from the University of Florida, with specializations in International Trade Theory and Policy, Econometrics and Macro-Economics.

Dr. Antoine possesses over thirty (30) years of experience working throughout the Caribbean, North America, Latin America, and Africa.

Dr. Antoine has served as Lead Technical Advisor, Regional Negotiating Machinery, CARICOM Negotiator Agriculture and Market Access, Ambassador to the World Trade Organization; Ambassador to CARICOM; Ambassador to the OECS; Grenada’s Trade and Economic Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Ambassador with responsibility for External Negotiations, and Chief Economic and Policy Advisor to the Government of Grenada.

Dr. Antoine was appointed Special Advisor to the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) between 2018-2020.

Dr. Antoine has been a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at UWI, Cave Hill from 1992-1995, and Visiting Lecturer in the Master’s in International Trade Policy Programme of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus between 2006-2021. He has also provided supervision to numerous post-graduate students.

Dr. Antoine has written extensively on a wide range of macro-economic subjects including on productivity growth and competitiveness, international trade policy and economic integration, among other areas. He has authored several technical papers and studies in these areas.

Dr. Antoine is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) Secretariat.