Donna Christine-Ann Jack-Hill is an established professional with more than 33 years’ experience in the field of accounting, treasury operations and risk management. She possesses a strong track record for timely and quality deliverables across four industry sectors – banking, insurance, manufacturing and security and has led cross-functional teams in problem-solving projects in the areas of correspondent banking, liquidity risk management and foreign exchange risk management. She has worked and lived in three countries and is experienced in multinational environments, interfacing with stakeholders at all organizational levels. Her training and mentoring competencies were enabled by successful experiences as a high school teacher. She possesses strong analytical, inter-personal and communication skills as well as the ability to lead others to individual and organizational goal attainment and has proven competency, at the advanced level, in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. She is committed to highly ethical, principled and professional standards and recently lead a business in the Security Industry with a focus on growth and transformation.

She taught Science and Mathematics at Providence Girls High School in Trinidad and Clement Howell High School in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands and held a number of key positions in various organizations including Auditor at Ernst and Young Lever Brothers, Accountant for TATIL Life Assurance Limited, Marketing Accountant and Management Accountant at Unilever Caribbean Limited, Relationship Manager Correspondent Banking, Manager Liquidity and Funding and Senior Manager, Liquidity at RBTT Financial Holdings Limited (later RBC Group)  and Chief Executive Officer of Personal Safety and Security Training Limited.

Donna holds a Bachelor’s Degree (With Upper Second-Class Honors) in Biochemistry from the University of the West Indies, Executive Masters of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the Arthur Lok Jack School of Business St Augustine University of the West Indies and was awarded the Top Student of her graduating class of 2008. She is also a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCA) in the United Kingdom, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) registered with the Virginia Board of Accountancy in the USA and a Chartered Accountant (CA) registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT). She is also a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (With Distinction), an Associate Customer Service (With Distinction) and a designated Intuit Advance Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor for Online Pro Premier and Enterprise Accounting Software and an Estate Superintendent (Regimental No. 31913) Precepted by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

She spent this year (2023) serving as Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute’s (TTTI) Vice-Chair and from 2020 – 2022 as Treasurer. For the past three years, Donna has also been the Chair of TTTI’s Fundraising Committee.

Terry Dale Ince is a development specialist, social entrepreneur, and human rights advocate/activist. She is the founder and convener of CEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT), a UN ECOSOC accredited volunteer non-governmental organization incorporated under the 1995 companies act of Trinidad and Tobago, focused on Advocacy, Education and Public Awareness on and for the sustainable implementation of the principles of the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Using a collaborative approach, CCoTT use the recommendations advanced at state periodic reviews to ensure compliance within a national and human rights context. She is also the Managing Director of TDI and Associates, a Change and Development Management consulting practice which integrate the principles of change management into daily practice for behaviour change.

Prior to joining the civil society sector, Terry enjoyed a career in business and technology where she managed territories in the private and public sectors while contributing her skills and knowledge to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in developed and developing countries and underserved communities. A

few highlights:

▪ She designed and implemented technology solutions for medium and large businesses and government agencies as a systems engineer and client manager with a global company during a 26-year career.

▪ She contributes to the practical promotion and core principles of women’s economic and political empowerment and sustainable machineries nationally, regionally, and globally.

▪ She has a practical formation in the field of development work and gender issues, particularly as it extends to the inclusion of women, young people, marginalized communities, and the environment.

▪ She lectures on CEDAW and women’s empowerment, leadership, and advocacy locally, regionally, and globally.

▪ She observes general elections globally and serves as a gender and human rights specialist on observer teams.

▪ She serves on the board of non-governmental organizations in Trinidad, Nigeria, and the USA. She is the current Chair of the National Steering Committee of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF SGP) (Trinidad &Tobago), the Spotlight Initiative Civil Society Regional Reference Group (Caribbean) and Team Leader on the National Task Force Against Trafficking in Persons working group, Prevention and Effective Identification of Victims and Witnesses Team (2022-2025). The working group is a three-year initiative of the Counter Trafficking Unit within the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of National Security.

▪ She acquired a Master of Science in Organizational Development and Behaviour at John Hopkins University, Project Management certification at Columbia University, and IBM Leadership Executive training at Harvard Business School.

▪ She is a Trinidad and Tobago national award recipient. On March 7, 2022, she received the medal for the Development of Women (Gold). A Champion of CEDAW, she represented civil society organizations and lobbied the CEDAW Committee in Geneva at the state review and contributed to Civil Society discourse as a spokesperson at the Hemispheric dialogue and the IX Summit of the Americas.

Mrs. Avyann Ferguson-Awai is an Attorney at Law of over 20 years standing and is an Accredited Director with over 10years experience in Banking and Financial Services.

Currently Mrs. Awai holds the position of Associate General Counsel and Chief Counsel AML/CFT and Regulatory Compliance in the Financial Services Line of Business of the Massy Group which spans Insurance(formerly), Remittances, Card and non-bank financial services. She also leads the AML/CFT Compliance function across the Massy Group in the regulated territories in which it operates locally and regionally.

She also sits as a member of the Board of Massy Finance GFC Ltd. She is a member of the Licensing Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT). She has served as Chairman of the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund, several Board sub Committees of Eastern Credit Union and of its Subsidiary, EPL Properties and on the Legal Committee of the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago for several years. She continues her membership and service to the Board of the Association of Compliance Professionals of Trinidad and Tobago as Vice President.

Mrs. Awai holds her Masters of Law in areas of Corporate & Commercial Law from the University of the West Indies with a specific focus on Corporate Governance. In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (Honours) from UWI Cave Hill and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School. Mrs. Awai has also been certified following her participation in the Directors’ Education and Accreditation Programme from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators; in Effective Personal Productivity for Leaders from the Leadership Management Institute and is a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) from the US Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists of which she is also a Member.

Samantha is a graduate of Western University’s Richard Ivey School of Business with an honors bachelor degree and also holds a masters in data analytics from Esade University in Barcelona. Samantha worked at a digital bank in Toronto for a year and a half as a rotational analyst in Treasury, FP&A, digital banking and commercial mortgages departments. In 2019 she moved to McCain Foods, spending 2 years in Revenue Management as a senior financial analyst after which she spent 15 months in Spain for her master’s degree and upon graduating delved into studying for the CMA (Certified Management Accountant) exams, passing both. Moving back to Toronto, Samantha is now a manager on the Global Data & Analytics team at McCain, leading advanced analytics and AI initiatives including the launch of the company’s AI Committee, “Digital Garage”, and education and upskilling programs to support change management in this high-tech space.
Samantha has always been an active learner and participant in international relations, law, and mentoring opportunities. In university Samantha was a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters program and co-president of both Model United Nations and the Ivey Law Club. She continued building her leadership skills during her master’s through leading the Data Analytics Association (Datahub) as president, bringing the first Datathons to campus, procuring guest speakers in the field, and executing coding workshops for students. Most recently, she participated in Conflict Women’s Survivor Entrepreneurship program as a mentor, placing third in the pitch competition.
Samantha is also a co-founder with her mother of Act to Change T&T, a non-profit organization established in 2020 with a focus on primary education and gender-based violence initiatives in collaboration with other NGOs with a similar vision. Having strengthened her interest in anti-corruption during her experience with launching Act to Change T&T and getting initiatives off the ground, Samantha enjoys listening to podcasts on anti-corruption, particularly “Kickback”.

An Attorney at Law for over 10 years who practices predominantly in the areas of Civil Litigation and Conveyancing.

A practical and results-oriented individual, he has a passion for civil society causes and often draws similarly-minded individuals together and facilitates the formation of new non-profit organizations.

Hailing from Sangre Grande he is particularly focused on community development in East Trinidad and is a director and co-founder of the Eastern Business and Merchants Association and Co-Chair and co-founder of the Eastern Lawyers Association.

As an Elder and Legal Advisor to the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago and several other organizations, he has maintained a rewarding balance in his professional, spiritual and philanthropic life.

Mr. Mahase has from a young age been involved in advocating for greater transparency, accountability and good governance generally particularly through constitutional reform and to that end has contributed to various policy papers, articles, consultations and forums. He is a strong proponent for a greater focus on values-based public education in our society.

In his burgeoning career in private practice, he has built a reputation as an astute advocate and seeks to serve his diverse clientele from across the east-west corridor with diligence, integrity and compassion.

TTTI has two (2) main committees which assist in the functioning of the organization. They are

Membership Committee – Chair – Mr. Kenneth Shawn Mahase. For matters relating to TTTI’S Membership kindly contact Mr. Mahase at shawn@transparency.org.tt.

Fundraising Committee – Chair – Mrs. Donna Jack-Hill. Fundraising opportunities can be share with Mrs. Jack-Hill at donna.jackhill@transparency.org.tt.