Sir Ronald Sanders is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS). Concurrently, Sir Ronald is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the University of London in the UK and Senior Fellow
He has served on the Board of Directors of Financial Institutions, Telecom Companies, and Media Companies in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Barbados, Guyana, and the United States.
He has also served as Chairman of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force against drug trafficking and money laundering, and as an elected member of the Executive Board of UNESCO.
He holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Sussex, and is the author of several publications on small states in the international political economy, including “Crumbled Small: The Commonwealth Caribbean in World Politics”. He writes a weekly syndicated column, published globally.
He has been Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen and by the government of Antigua and Barbuda. He was awarded one of the highest honours of Australia and is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt) from the University of the West Indies.