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Mr. Samuda was educated at St Hugh's Preparatory School, Wolmer's Boys' School and the University of the West Indies from which he received a L.L.B. (Hons.) degree. He was admitted to practice in Jamaica in 1982 having completed studies at the Norman Manley Law School. In 1993 he was also admitted to practice in the British Virgin Islands. Mr. Samuda is a member of the Advisory Board of the Spanish Jamaican Foundation (a foundation established by Spanish Investors in Jamaica) and also serves as the Foundation's Secretary. He is Chairman of the Wolmer's Trust and is a member of the Board of Management of the Wolmer's Trust Schools. As a Managing Partner of Samuda & Johnson, Mr. Samuda heads the Firm's Commercial Department where his practice includes Tourism, Corporate and Hotel Financing; Trade and Transportation; Mining and Energy; Sports and Entertainment; and Maritime Law. Mr. Samuda is married to Elizabeth and has three children, Matthew, Marlon and Mariana.

Mrs. Judith Wedderburn

Job Titles:

Director
Retired Director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Mrs. Judith Wedderburn is the recently retired Director of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, (FES) Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean, and for over 30 years, has been an advocate in the field of gender and development in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. Ms. Wedderburn was responsible for the conceptual development of education and training programmes, and the design and implementation of diverse "learning experiences", which involved the use of conventional as well as participatory methodologies. Her main research areas and related publications include, but are not limited to: impact of the globalization process on the foreign policy of Jamaica; globalization and governance, social reproduction and unpaid work, gender and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); gender, trade liberalization and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy; gender and governance; gender-aware policymaking in the Caribbean; gender and trade union development in the Anglophone Caribbean; and climate change, gender & persons with disabilities in small island developing states (SIDS).