Mr. Williams was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in July 2002 following a thirty-year career with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

During his Fund career, he was the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative to Jamaica; Assistant Director in charge of Central America and Mexico; and Deputy Director in the Western Hemisphere Department. In 1988-1989, he returned to Trinidad and Tobago for eighteen months, as the Advisor to then Central Bank Governor, Mr. Williams Demas, under a UNDP-sponsored technical assistance project.

In July 2007, Mr. Williams was re-appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago for a second five-year term.

He holds a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies.
 

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