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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

New UDeCOTT Board of Directors appointed

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The Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture has ap­point­ed a new Board of Di­rec­tors to lead the Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go Lim­it­ed (UDe­COTT), with the of­fi­cial in­stal­la­tion tak­ing place on Mon­day.

Shankar Bidaisee will serve as Chair­man of the board, sup­port­ed by Deputy Chair­man Pe­ter Kan­hai. The oth­er ap­pointees are Dr Ro­bel­to Os­borne, Hema Soon­dars­ingh, Omkar­nath Su­per­sad-Ma­haraj and In­di­ra Bansee.

Speak­ing at the cer­e­mo­ny, Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John urged the board to em­brace its man­date with a peo­ple-first ap­proach and a com­mit­ment to na­tion­al progress.

“UDe­COTT is poised to play a piv­otal role in the coun­try’s in­fra­struc­tur­al de­vel­op­ment and can be a pow­er­ful force for trans­for­ma­tion as Trinidad and To­ba­go piv­ots to­ward eco­nom­ic di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion,” John said. “I en­cour­age the board to re­main res­olute and peo­ple-fo­cused in the de­liv­ery of re­sults that re­flect UDe­COTT’s guid­ing prin­ci­ple: ‘Signed. Sealed. De­liv­ered.’”

Bidaisee, in his re­marks, out­lined three prin­ci­ples to un­der­pin the board’s work: reg­u­la­to­ry com­pli­ance, time­ly project ex­e­cu­tion and cost dis­ci­pline.

“Let us lead in a way that makes the coun­try proud,” he said, “and con­tributes mean­ing­ful­ly to Trinidad and To­ba­go’s progress.”

The min­istry con­grat­u­lat­ed the new board and pledged full sup­port for its lead­er­ship, stat­ing that with their com­bined ex­per­tise, UDe­COTT is well-po­si­tioned to shape a mod­ern and re­silient in­fra­struc­ture land­scape.

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