Wendell Mottley

Wendell Adrian Mottley ORTT (born 2 July 1941) is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete. Mottley served as Senator and member of the House of Representatives with the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and was Minister of Finance from 1991 to 1995. He was an Ivy League sprinter, winning two Olympic medals in 1964.

Early life and education Mottley was born 2 July 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He was the youngest of four brothers who were all runners. He attended Queen's Royal College, an elite public high school in Port of Spain.

He earned a master's degree in economics from St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge.

Athletics Mottley was a sprinter for Yale University track team.

Career

Politics Mottley was elected as Senator to the Trinidad and Tobago 2nd Republican Parliament from 1981 to 1986, and was appointed Minister of Housing and Resettlement from 1981 to 1985. He was then appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce, serving from 1985 to 1986. He also founded the Civilian Conservation Corps in Trinidad and Tobago. He was Minister of Tourism from 1994 to 1995. His party received 5,955 votes (1%) and captured no seats in the 2002 general election.

After Cambridge, Mottley worked in London, before returning to Trinidad and Tobago, where he developed a career in housing development.

Mottley was a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, a United States–based think tank, where he contributed Trinidad and Tobago--industrial policy 1959–2008 : a Historical and Contemporary Analysis in 2008.

Later, he was chairman of the board of the Unit Trust Corporation, the Caribbean's largest mutual fund company.