
Richard Ramsawak is currently a Lecturer in Economics and Interim Senior Program Manager – Economics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), former Head of the Center of Strategy and Competitiveness – Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, University of the West Indies and Director at Competitive Insights and Data Analytics Services Limited (CIDA). He has significant experience coordinating the development and implementation of national level strategic plans and competitiveness initiatives domestically and internationally. Richard has participated as a Facilitator for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) sponsored Caribbean Growth Forum and acted as lead consultant for the Competitive Analysis of the Southwest and 4C Growth Poles of Trinidad and Tobago, a project commissioned by the Economic Development Board of the Ministry of Planning and Development.