William G. Demas was the first Secretary General of CARICOM, 1973–1974, and President of the Caribbean Development Bank, 1974–1987.
Compton Bourne is
Professor Emeritus of Economics, The University of the West Indies, former
President, Caribbean Development Bank, former Campus Principal (St Augustine)
and Pro Vice-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies.
HILARY McD. BECKLES is Professor of Economic and Social History and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies. His many publications include Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide; A Nation Imagined: The First West Indies Test Tour, 1928; and Freedoms Won: Emancipation, Identity and Nationhood in the Caribbean.