C. JUSTIN ROBINSON
Justin Robinson is the Head of the Department of Management Studies. He holds a B.Sc in Management Studies (First Class Honours) (UWI), an M.Sc. in Finance and Econometrics (Florida International University) and a Ph.D (Manchester). He joined the Department as a Temporary Lecturer in 1992 and is now a Lecturer in Management. Dr. Robinson’s research interests are corporate financial management, derivatives, investments, risk management and financial market efficiency. He has published on these subjects in a number of international journals.
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PHILMORE ALLEYNE
Philmore Alleyne holds a B.Sc. in Accounting (UWI) and the ACCA. A Chartered Accountant (FCA) by profession, and a Fellow of the Association of Certified and Chartered Accountants (FCCA) in the UK, he has worked as an Audit Manager in the Accounting and Auditing profession for many years. He brings a wealth of practical experience to the classroom. He also holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Mr. Alleyne is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Bradford in the area of ethics. His current research interests are the tax reform process, auditing, ethical decision making and human resource management.
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JULIETTE BRATHWAITE
Juliette Brathwaite holds a B.A. (Honours) Business Studies (University of Huddersfield, U.K.), the Diploma in Education - Business (UWI and ETTC), a Postgraduate Certificate in Adult Education (UWI), MEd. Educational Administration and Management (Leeds) and M.Sc. Project Management and Evaluation (UWI). She has been employed in the UK and in Barbados. Ms. Brathwaite has worked at the Barbados Community College and as a member of faculty at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic - teaching for over 15 years and as Head of Division, Business Studies for over three years. She joined the Department in 2006 as Lecturer in Project Management. Her research interests are in Project Management and Evaluation; International Business Administration and Development; Organisation governance, policy, strategy, analysis and design. She recently contributed Chapter 7 in the book Managing and Evaluating Projects as part of Caribbean research on project management and evaluation.
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JOHN BURNETT
John Burnett holds a B.Sc. in Accounting (UWI) and an MBA (St. Mary’s University). He is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He has been a Part- Time Lecturer and Tutor in the Department since 2000 and was appointed Temporary Lecturer in 2005. Mr. Burnett has worked in both the public and private sectors for more than 10 years. His research interests include management accounting practices in the region and accounting and subalternity.
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DONLEY CARRINGTON
Donley Carrington holds a B.Sc. in Accounting (First Class Honours) (UWI), an MBA (Iowa State University) and the CMA from the Institute of Management Accountants (USA). He joined the Department of Management Studies in 1994 as a Temporary Lecturer in Accounting after teaching at Ellerslie Secondary School for over 14 years. Mr. Carrington is an Erdiston-trained teacher. He was appointed Lecturer in Accounting in July 1997. Mr. Carrington has worked with non-profit organisations in developing accounting systems. Mr. Carrington commenced his Ph.D. at the University of Hull in September 2005. His research interests are costing systems, accounting information systems and human resource accounting.
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ROBERTINE CHADERTON
Robertine Chaderton holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics (UWI), a B.Commerce (Special Honours) (University of Windsor, Canada and a Ph.D. (Manchester University) as well as being a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) in the U.K. She had a long stint with the Department of Management Studies as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Accounting before returning to the accounting/banking community and the private sector. Dr. Chaderton is the author of Regulatory Framework of Accounting in Barbados (1986), The Failure of Barbadian Businesses in the 1980s: Lessons for the Decade of the 90s (1993) and Managing Your Money: The Caribbean Person’s Guide to Financial Independence (2000). In 2004, as part of its centenary activities, the ACCA recognized Dr. Chaderton as one of its top 100 members worldwide for her contribution to the profession. She rejoined the Department in January 2008. Her research interests include International Financial Reporting Standards, internal auditing and corporate governance in financial institutions.
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WAYNE CHARLES-SOVERALL
Wayne Charles-Soverall has a B.A in Psychology (Pace University), M.A. in Political Science (Brooklyn College) and Ph.D. in Political Science (UWI). Prior to joining UW I in August 2006, he helped coordinate the Government of Barbados’ two major programme initiatives: public sector strategic planning and performance review and development system. He brings the wealth of 20 years public sector knowledge and experience to public management theory and practice. His teaching and research interests include public management, organizational behaviour, corporate social responsibililty practice, public policy, and social equity and human development. He coauthored Doing Projects (2000) and Managing and Evaluating Projects (2003). He also published several papers on the issues of strategic planning, organizational development, performance management, and public management.
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AKHENTOOLOVE CORBIN
Akhentoolove Corbin holds a B.Sc. in Management (UWI) and an M.Sc. (Distinction) from the London School of Economics (LSE). He is currently enrolled in a research Ph.D. programme at UWI. He is a Temporary Lecturer in the Department. Mr. Corbin is a Human Resource Management specialist who has worked and consulted in both private and public sector organizations over the past 15 years. His research interests are human resource management, leadership and service quality management. Akhentoolove loves teaching using the case method and student-centred learning strategies.

DWAYNE DEVONISH
Dwayne Devonish is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies. He holds a B.Sc. in Psychology (First Class Honours) at the University of the West Indies (2002-2005), and M.Sc in Work and Organisational Psychology (Distinction) at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2007-2008). His current research interests include work-related stress, health, performance, and other issues in human resource management and organisational behaviour.Hehas co-authored a number of research articles on some of these areas.
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GLENDA GAY
Glenda Gay holds a B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science (UWI), M.Sc. in Computer Information Systems (Nova Southeastern University), and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Information Systems at Nova Southeastern University. Mrs. Gay teaches Microcomputer Applications for Business and Management Information Systems courses in the department. She has published an Information Technology text for Caribbean students with Oxford University Press, and has also written Study Guides in Computer Science for CXC, as well as course material for UWI Distance Education. Her research interests are in Information Technology and Information Systems.
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DION GREENIDGE
Dion Greenidge holds a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology (UWI) and an M.Sc. in Work and Organisational Psychology (Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the Institute of W ork, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham. Mr. Greenidge joined the Department as a Research Assistant in 2003 and held that position until proceeding to pursue his Masters. He rejoined the Department as Teaching Assistant in September 2006. He has been involved in a number of academic and industry-related research projects and has presented work at regional and international conferences. His research interests are the structure and measurement of personality and other individual difference variables, and employee job performance constructs - task performance, contextual performance, and counterproductive work behaviours.
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CRISTINA JONSSON
Cristina Jönsson joined the Department in 2003. She holds a Masters degree in Tourism Management from Griffith University (Australia) and B.Sc. degrees from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and Griffith University. Ms. Jönsson is a native of Sweden. Prior to joining UWI, she was a regional tourism development manager in Sweden working on various projects from ecotourism development to regional branding and marketing. She is well traveled and has lived, as well as worked in the tourism industry around the world. Ms. Jönsson has worked and consulted in both private and public sector organizations in countries such as Brazil and Sweden. She speaks seven languages and as a polyglot she has added richly to international projects through translation, interpretation and cross cultural communication. Her major areas of research include sustainable tourism, tourism planning and development, disaster management and tourism motivation.
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JAMAL KHAN
Jamal Khan holds a B.A and an MA (Dacca) and an MPA and Ph.D. (Cincinnati). Professor Khan has written extensively in international journals such as Administrative Science Review, Public Administration Review, Management Development, International Journal of Public Sector Management, Project Management Quarterly and Bangladesh Journal of Public Administration. His publications include Development Administration: Field Research in Barbados (1976), Managing Development: Theory and Practice (1978), Public Management: The Eastern Caribbean Experience (1982, 1987), The Context of Film as an Art-Form (1982), Doing Projects (with W . Soverall) (2000), and Managing and Evaluating Projects (2003) (with Frank Alleyne and Wayne Soverall). He has provided consulting service to regional institutions in the area of policy making, programme management, and development planning. His teaching research interests are development management, public sector management techniques, policy analysis and project management.
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JOSEANN KNIGHT
Joseann Knight holds a B.Sc in Management (First Class Honours) (UWI) and an MBA (Florida) with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. Prior to joining the Department, Mrs. Knight worked as a Management Consultant with David Shorey and Co. She is currently enrolled in a research Ph.D. programme at UWI. During the academic year 2004-2005, Mrs. Knight was attached to the University of Warwick under a Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship. Her research interests are in the areas of international marketing and entrepreneurship.
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SONIA MAHON
Sonia Mahon holds a B.Sc in Natural Sciences (UWI) and an M.Sc in Management Information Systems (Boston University). She joined the Department in 1992 as a Temporary Assistant Lecturer and was on study leave during the 1994/95 academic year. She returned to the Department in 1995 as a Lecturer in Computing. Mrs. Mahon has also been developing several computer training programmes and developing software systems solutions. Her research interests are in information technology and business information systems.
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WADE MCKENZIE
Wade McKenzie is originally from Canada and joined the Department in January 2007. He received his Ph.D. in Marketing and International Business at the Haskayne School of Business in Calgary. Most recently he was a faculty member at the Tec de Monterrey in Mexico. Dr. McKenzie has worked and studied in Canada, the States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. His international teaching areas are in strategy, marketing and crosscultural management. His research focuses on foreign market development strategy and e-business.
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NADINI PERSAUD
Nadini Persaud holds a B.Sc. in Accounting (First Class Honours) (UWI), an M.Sc. in Project Management and Evaluation (Distinction) (UWI), the Canadian Certified General Accountant professional designation (CGA) (Gold Award), and a Ph.D. in Evaluation (Western Michigan University). She joined UWI as a Temporary Lecturer in 2002. In August 2004 she received a Fulbright/LASPAU scholarship and left UWI to pursue doctoral studies. She returned to the Department in August 2007 as a Lecturer in Project Evaluation. She has worked with the Treasury Department in St. Vincent, as a Projects Officer with the Economic, Planning, Project Coordination and Social Policy Development Unit of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Development in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and as a doctoral research associate at the Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University in the USA. Her research interests are evaluation, checklist methodologies, cost analysis, and project management.
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PAUL POUNDER
Paul Pounder holds a BBA in Entrepreneurial Studies (Honours) (Brock University) and a Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering (University of Birmingham). Before joining the Department in 2005, Dr. Pounder was a Business Development Officer/Coordinator - Innovation Support Programme at the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation for six years. Dr. Pounder taught Business Entrepreneurship at the Barbados Community College in the B.Ed. Programme from 2004-2005. He has provided consulting services to Local, Regional and International organizations in the following areas of research: small and medium-sized enterprises, operations management and project management.
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BETTY JANE PUNNETT
Betty Jane Punnett joined the Department in 1999 as Professor in Management and International Business. She holds the B.A in English (McGill), M.B.A. in Personnel (Marist College) and the Ph.D. in International Business/Organisational Behaviour (NYU). Professor Punnett was Professor of International Business and Organisational Management at the Mona Institute of Business from 1997-1999, and prior to that served for many years at the University of Windsor in Canaca. She has held visiting appointments at universities in China, Japan, and Ireland. She has published widely in international journals, has several chapters in books, and has authored/edited six books. She was Director of International Programs, Academy of Management for serveral years, edited the Academy of International Business’ Insights, and serves as a member of the Editorial Board for a number of international journals. Her research interests are culture and its impact on international management and human resource management.
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SHERMA ROBERTS
Sherma Roberts holds a B.A. in History with Social Sciences (UWI), a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations (UWI), an M.Sc. in Tourism Planning and Development (Distinction) (Surrey) and a Ph.D. in Tourism (Brunel). Dr. Roberts joined the Department in September 2005. Her research interests are varied and include tourism in developing countries, island tourism, community participation, sustainable tourism development, the development of sustainability indicators, small tourism businesses/entrepreneurship, tourism planning and development and tourism policy.
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AYANNA YOUNG MARSHALL
Ayanna Young Marshall is an Attorney-at-law admitted to practise in Barbados and Guyana. She also holds the M.Sc. degree in International Business (UWI). She joined the Department of Management Studies as Part-Time Lecturer in 2004 and was appointed Lecturer in International Business in August 2006. Ms. Young Marshall has significant international business, trade policy and private sector development experience. She has prepared briefs, opinions, speeches, policy papers, advised and represented private sector interests at international trade negotiations. Prior to joining UWI, she served as Trade Officer at the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Trade Director and International Trade Specialist with the USAID funded Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Development programme and consulted on various projects in support of regional governments and private sectors in international trade and business related areas. Her research focuses on economic sectors with foreign exchange earning potential.
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