Mrs. Zalayhar Hassanali
Former First Lady and wife of Trinidad and Tobago former President Justice Noor Hassanali (deceased), Mrs. Zalayhar Hassanali is patron of the Guardian Life Wildlife Trust having agreed to come on in December 2005. A devoted Muslim and mother, Mrs. Hassanali has been the patron of many charitable organisations over the years during her status of First Lady, some of which she continued to perform actively even after her husband left office.

Dr Carol James
Dr Carol James is a biologist and policy specialist with twenty five years of experience in several Caribbean, African and Pacific countries and is a former United Nations senior advisor on environment and development. She has been instrumental in fostering successful community involvement in turtle management and nature tour guiding in several rural communities of T&T and the region and is an active member of national and regional environmental NGOs. She is currently on the boards of the Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad and Tobago and Asa Wright Nature Centre.

Alex de Verteuil
Alex de Verteuil is a documentary filmmaker. Many of the programmes he has produced deal with local wildlife and conservation issues. His work has had international distribution.

Gerard E. Pinard
Gerard Emile Pinard is a past student of Presentation College in San Fernando and a graduate of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where he received a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering.

On his return to Trinidad his first job was with the Trinidad and Tobago Oil Company Limited, Trintoc (now Petrotrin), which he joined as a Chemical Engineer in July of 1977. In 1980 he made a career switch to Human Resources, still with the national oil company, and completed a Diploma in Personnel and Industrial Relations at Cranfield University in the UK in 1982.

Gerry went on to work at various levels in various industries including Guardian Holdings until his last appointment as Deputy Managing Director of the Trinidad Publishing Company. He also held Board Level positions on the Boards of Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited, Guardian Life Limited (Jamaica), West Indies Alliance (Jamaica), The Employers’ Consultative Association, T & T Cricket Board, National Insurance Board and Trinidad & Tobago Mortgage Finance Company and many more.

Irwin Joseph
Irwin Joseph holds a B.Sc. in Forestry and the Environment and an Honour Diploma in Tropical Forestry (ECIAF). He served as a Forest Officer in Trinidad and Tobago before being appointed Forestry Training Officer at ECIAF. He was later promoted to the post of Assistant Director in that organisation and Head of the School of Forestry. He also served as the Forestry Advisor to the Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment from 2005 to 2007.

Mr. Joseph’s work in the area of Forestry and the Environment took him to Belize, Jamaica, Suriname, St Lucia and Guyana where he performed consultancy work and has served as an External lecturer and examiner (Diploma and Associate Degree in Forestry at the COSTATT.

Janice Hernandez
Janice Hernandez was co-founder of CRESTT - the Centre for Rescue of Endangered Species of Trinidad and Tobago, and was Chairperson of that organization for 7 years. She remains a director of that organisation to-date. She is also the author of children’s stories with environmental themes and is a close Associate of The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Maria Rivas-Mc Millan
Maria Rivas-Mc Millan is Group Vice President Corporate Communications at Guardian Holdings Limited. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine where she was awarded a BA in English and Social Sciences (Upper Second Class Hon.) and a post-graduate Diploma in International Relations (Hon.). After joining the insurance industry, she added the FLMI designation with Distinction from LOMA International and became deeply involved in industry activities serving on various committees for the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (TTAIFA) and as an Executive member of the LOMA Society of Trinidad and Tobago. Currently she is a Council Member of the Trinidad and Tobago Insurance Institute, a Director of the Canning's Employees' Credit Union where she leads its Marketing & Education Committee and an Executive member of the International Association of Business Communicators, Trinidad & Tobago Chapter.

Mark Webster
Mark Webster is a former national athlete who earned an athletic scholarship from Florida Atlantic University to pursue a degree in general management. In 1992, Mark graduated from university at the top of the business school with an honours degree in general management and in his graduating year was awarded as the University’s most outstanding student athlete for his tennis achievements and the highest academic grade point average of all the athletes in every sport.

Back in Trinidad, Mark entered the financial services sector, specifically the marketing and administration of employee benefits (health, life, and pensions) for a major regional insurance company. In 1995, he was asked to set up a group insurance department in Trinidad for another major regional insurance company with principal responsibility for marketing and administration of group insurance services as well as strategic planning for the Branch. Mark is currently Vice President, Employee Benefits, Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited.

Richard Lawrence
Richard Lawrence is the Manager – Marketing and Corporate Communications at Guardian General Limited. He is the holder of National Diplomas in both Fire and General Accident Insurance and a BBA and MBA from WIU in General Management. He also graduated from the Advanced Training Programme for insurance professionals at the prestigious Swiss Insurance Training College in Zurich.