Sir Ronald Michael Sanders KCMG, KCN

Sir Ronald Sanders, is an international consultant, writer and former senior Caribbean Ambassador. His career spans an impressive array of achievements on the international diplomatic and civil track. Most recently, in July 2010, he was appointed as one of 10 members of an Eminent Persons Group (EPG) which has been requested by Commonwealth Heads of Government to recommend options for reform that will sharpen the impact of the 53-nation Commonwealth, strengthen its networks and raise its profile. The report of the Group was scheduled to be submitted to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Perth in 2011.

He is also a member of International Advisory Board of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, which is a scholarly journal published six times a year. Founded in 1910, The Round Table is Britain's oldest international affairs journal, providing analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs.

He is also a member of International Advisory Board of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, which is a scholarly journal published six times a year. Founded in 1910, The Round Table is Britain's oldest international affairs journal, providing analysis and commentary on all aspects of international affairs.

His diplomatic career spanned two periods between 1982 to 1987 and 1996 to 2004. This includes serving as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom for Antigua and Barbuda and Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). He has also had special responsibilities at UNESCO, the International Monetary Fund, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (as chairman) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He has negotiated Tax Information Exchange Agreements and Double Taxation Agreements with Britain, the US and Australia and loan and investment agreements with Britain and China.

He has also served as consultant to and board chair of many private and government-owned commercial enterprises.

A former Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, he holds a MA in International relations from the University of Sussex, and he is the author of several publications on small states in the international political economy. He writes a weekly commentary in leading newspapers throughout the Caribbean and on several Internet News Websites including the BBC.