Mr. Romney Thomas - Chairman of the Board

Mr. Romney Thomas is a distinguished Attorney at Law with over 25 years of experience at the Bar of Trinidad and Tobago. He is currently a Partner in the law firm of Hobsons with extensive litigation and commercial law experience.

He served as Chairman of the Board of the Water and Sewerage Authority from 2015 – 2020 and is presently the Chairman of the Boards of Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission and PowerGen. He is also a Director on the Boards of Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Foundation, a charitable organisation and Southern Medical Clinic Limited.

Mr. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School.  He is a member of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Damian Obiglio - Chairman - Management Committee / Board Member

In March 2017, Mr. Damian Obiglio was appointed as Chairman of PowerGen’s Management Committee. Mr. Obiglio previously served as a PowerGen Board member for the period July 2006 to August 2007. Mr. Obiglio has more than 20 years of experience in the utility industry working in different countries covering Chairman, CEO and MD positions in several electric generation, transmission and distribution companies.

Mr. Obiglio Educational Qualifications are as follows:

• Advance Management Program - AMP, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA (2000)
• Magister in Administration course, Instituto Tecnologico Buenos Aires (ITBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1986)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Universidad Catolica Argentina (UCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina (1983)
• BA, Colegio Champagnat, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1977)
• He is married with four children and he is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and conversational Italian.

Mr. Mohamed Majeed - Board Member

Mr. Majeed was appointed as Board Director on March 21, 2018. He has more than 25 years of experience in the power industry. He is a US Air Force and Power industry veteran with utility and Independent Power Producer experience both in the US and internationally. Mo has also worked in the Caribbean region for more than 15 years. He has served on the corporate boards of several companies and previously chaired the Management Committee of The Power Generation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited from September , 2007 to August, 2009.  Mo holds a Masters and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Maryland.  He is married and has two children.

Mr. Keisuke Harada - Board Member

Mr. Keisuke Harada has more than 15 years experience in power industry and developed his skills in management, project development and contractual management.

He joined Marubeni Corporation in 2006 and started career in Marubeni with project management and development of power plant EPC projects in Southeastern Asian markets. Supported the project managers and site managers, mainly in commercial and contractual aspects for the projects in Thailand and Vietnam, as well as led sales team as proposal manager for an international tender of coal fired power plant project in Vietnam.

In 2014, he was seconded to PIC Group, Inc. (“PIC”), a power plant related service provider and a 100% subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation, located in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States of America, as Vice President, Group Market Development. Mainly being in charge of integration and collaboration between Marubeni and PIC for business development, sales activities and administration (including finance, accounting and internal control) perspectives reporting directly to President and CEO of PIC.

He currently holds the position of Senior Manager, Caribbean Operations at Marubeni Power International, Inc. and serves as Alternate Director at Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, a regulated vertically integrated electric utility in Jamaica and Director at South Jamaica Power Company Limited, the largest independent power producer (IPP) in Jamaica.

He has a Bachelor of Economics from Keio University, Japan.

Ms. Ingrid L-A Lashley - Board Member

Ms. Ingrid Lashley retired from her position as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Trinidad and Tobago Mortgage Finance Company Limited (TTMF) in 2017.  Prior to joining TTMF, Ms. Lashley spent eighteen (18) years at Scotiabank in various senior positions in financial control, private banking, trusteeships and merchant banking, exiting as the General Manager of Scotiatrust and Merchant Bank Trinidad and Tobago Limited. 

Ms. Lashley is the holder of a Masters in Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and also carries the designations of Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Chartered Accountant. Ms. Lashley is currently the Chairman of the Bourse Group and National Enterprises Limited, in which capacity she sits on the Boards of the Investee Companies.  She also holds directorships in Eco-Industrial Development Company of Tobago Limited, West Indian Tobacco Company Limited, the CL Financial Group and PowerGen. Ms. Lashley serves as a member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago.

Despite her demanding professional life, Ms. Lashley finds time for involvement in the culture and social life of Trinidad and Tobago and the Board of Management of her alma mater, Bishop Anstey High School.  She is an accomplished bass pan player and a former Inter-Bank calypso queen.  Ms. Lashley also holds credentials in piano and dance.

Mr. Andrew Alves - Board Member

Mr. Andrew Alves is a former employee of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission where he worked at T&TEC’s Central Distribution Area for thirty – nine (39) years. Mr. Alves also possesses broad experience in industrial relations which was gained while he held numerous positions in the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU). He started as a Delegate and eventually progressed to the position of President of the OWTU – T&TEC Point Lisas Branch. He held the position of President for eighteen (18) years.

Mr. Alves enjoyed being a member of the OWTU bargaining unit and served as a member of the OWTU General Council, OWTU Negotiation team on behalf of T&TEC employees and he has also represented OWTU in Cuba for May Day. As a former member of the OWTU for thirty-five years, he gained significant experience and insights, which have contributed to the development of his personal and industrial relations skills.

Charity is extremely important to Mr. Alves and he has contributed greatly to his community. Mr. Alves holds a certificate in Hydraulic Auto Diesel Mechanics and he is also an Industrial Relations Practitioner. He has served as a Commissioner at the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) for the past three years and as a Director at the TATECO San Fernando Credit Union for the past twenty-five (25) years.

Mr. Rafael Ajodhia - Board Member

 

Ms. Ayasha Nickie - Board Member

Ms. Ayasha Nickie has 15 years of experience in the energy industry and has developed her skills in Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Economics, and Strategic Planning. She is currently the Director of the Downstream Petroleum Management Division at the MEEI. She graduated with an MBA specializing in Energy from the University of Oklahoma, USA, earned a Master’s in Petroleum Economics and Management from the Institute of French Petroleum (IFP), Paris, France, and obtained a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms. Nickie is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. (SPETT). In addition to her 15 years of industry experience, she spent eight years working in various leadership roles at SPETT. She served as Chairperson and Director of the section as well as Chairperson of the SPE International Standing Committee on Engineering Professionalism. From 2021 to 2023, she also served as a Board Director of National Quarries Company Limited.

Ms. Nickie has been involved in youth development since the start of her professional career. Within SPE, she formed and chaired the first Young Professional group in Trinidad and Tobago, bridging the gap between graduating students and experienced professionals. She also dedicates her time to tutoring students in Mathematics who have difficulty in the subject.

Ms. Shakola Mc Lean - Board Member

Ms. Shakola Mc Lean is a qualified Chemical Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the regulation of the Downstream Oil and Gas Industry. She has spent twelve years at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries where she has accumulated experience in procurement, process safety, asset integrity and strong stakeholder management.

At the Ministry, Ms. Mc Lean is currently lead engineer of the Downstream Gas Utilization Group of the Downstream Petroleum Management Division. She manages the core functions of the division, monitoring and evaluating the performance of assets along the gas value chain to ensure stakeholders manage and operate these facilities in accordance with sound and current industry standards and in a manner, which generates optimum value to the country.

She has served on a number of Ministry working groups, including the National Facilities Audit Steering Committee, the Inter-agency Committee to Develop an Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Trinidad and Tobago, and the Ministry's team overseeing the Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited Methanol to DME project's completion.

Ms. Mc Lean has aided various Evaluation Committees in reviewing tender papers from requests for proposals during her time at the Ministry. She has also served on various committees within the Ministry and the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards, examining and drafting regulations, licences, and standards for the downstream natural gas sector as well as the emerging alternative energy sector.

Ms. Mc Lean earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of the West Indies. Ms. Mc Lean is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers and was previously the chair of the local chapter's Applied Research Committee. She is still actively involved with the local Membership Group as a volunteer.

Dr. Haydn I. Furlonge - General Manager

Dr. Haydn I. Furlonge was appointed to the position of General Manager of PowerGen effective October 1st, 2021.

Dr. Haydn I. Furlonge has over twenty years of energy sector experience involving projects and assets located in Trinidad & Tobago, Brunei, Canada, Myanmar and Malaysia. He has held diverse management positions in oil and gas exploration, production and regulation, petrochemicals, power, LNG, pipeline, gas processing, shipping and commodity trading. 

Haydn has consulted for the UNDP and IDB on climate change strategy, and World Bank on LNG.  He occasionally lectures at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, The University of the West Indies on sustainable energy technology, economics, policy and regulations. He is a Past President of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT) and served as a Council Member of the ASEAN Council on Petroleum (ASCOPE).     

Haydn holds a Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, and M.Phil. and B.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from The University of the West Indies. He is a Registered Engineer in Trinidad & Tobago (R.Eng.), Chartered Engineer of the UK Engineering Council (C.Eng.), European Engineer (Eur Ing), Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and Member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.  

Mr. Jerome Singh - Head- Human Resources and Administration 

Mr. Jerome Singh has been appointed to the position of Head – Human Resources and Administration effective October 1, 2019. 

Mr. Singh has over fifteen (15) years progressive experience in the field of Human Resource Management. Most recently, he served as Human Resources Manager at ANSA McAL. He has held several Human Resource managerial roles as well as Commercial managerial roles in diverse business sectors such as Banking & Financial Services, Brewing, Manufacturing, Sales & Distribution and the downstream oil & gas sectors. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies (St Augustine), a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, MBA (with Distinction) from the Heriot-Watt University (UK) and a Post-MBA from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Singh is also certified in the administration of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and DISC assessment tools and has achieved Senior Certified Professional (SCP) status with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). 

Mr. Surendra Ramdath - Head – Business Support Services

Mr. Surendra Ramdath has held the position of Plant Manager of Penal Power Station and is presently the Head of Business Support Services. A position he has held since April 2019.

Mr. Ramdath has been working in the power generation industry for over 20 years. He joined the Company in 1998 as a Plant Engineer. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of the West Indies, a MBA from Heriott Watt University and is also PMP certified. He is a member of the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago and Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Dharmendra Singh - Head - Finance

Mr. Dharmendra Singh was appointed to the position of Head of Finance on November 01, 2017. Mr. Singh is a Chartered Accountant with over nineteen (19) years’ experience in a heavy industrial environment.  He holds professional accounting qualifications from The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Mr. Singh is a fellow of the ACCA and an affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT).
 
He held the position of Finance Manager at ArcelorMittal Steel from 1998 to 2002, and a similar position at Industrial Plant Services Limited (IPSL) from 2002 to 2011.  He spent two years as Materials Manager at IPSL before returning to ArcelorMittal Point Lisas Limited in 2013 as Corporate Controller, a position which he held until the company’s retirement from the Trinidad market.  Most recently he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at three (3) Ansa McAl companies – Ansa Chemicals, Easi Industries and Trinidad Match.
 
Mr. Singh is an avid sport enthusiast and in his spare time, enjoys playing cricket. 

Ms. Marsha Mohammed - Head, Legal Advisory Services

Mrs. Marsha Mohammed is Head - Legal Advisory Services & Corporate Secretary. Mrs. Mohammed has been with PowerGen for over 12 years, providing advice on a wide range of contractual and commercial matters, and ensuring a robust compliance programme.

Prior to joining PowerGen, Mrs. Mohammed held the position of Senior Associate Attorney-at-Law at Devesh Maharaj & Associates, Mansfield Chambers, Port of Spain where she conducted, advised on, negotiated and/or settled litigious matters in commercial, contract, tort, land, constitutional, administrative, admiralty and family law in over 400 cases.

“Mrs. Mohammed holds a Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second Class Honours) from the University of London (UK), an MBA (Merit) from Henley Business School (University of Reading, UK) and a Certificate of Legal Education from the Hugh Wooding Law School (Trinidad) where she was placed on the Principal’s Roll of Honour for having achieved academic distinction. She is a member of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago.”

In her spare time Mrs. Mohammed enjoys spending time with her family, in particular her three young children.

Mr. Daren Jadoo - Head - Environmental Special Projects

Mr. Daren Jadoo was appointed to the position of Head - Environmental Special Projects at PowerGen on January 1st, 2024. Mr. Jadoo holds a MSc. in Occupational Hygiene, a BSc. (First Class Honors) in Occupational Safety, Health and Environment, a Diploma in Environmental Management and other professional certificates in Security Management, NEBOSH, ISO and OSHAS HSE Management Systems Lead Auditor and Investigation and Root Cause Analysis Team Leader.   

He joined PowerGen in 2004 and has over eighteen (18) years’ international and local experience within the Health, Safety and Environmental field in various positions and sectors including, oil and gas exploration, refining, construction and power generation. 

Mr. Shawn Isaac - Head - Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management

Mr. Isaac has in excess of twelve years senior management experience in the areas of Internal Audit, Risk Management, and Compliance. He has formerly been employed at RBTT as an Internal Auditor where he was responsible for performing audits throughout the region. Subsequently he joined Clico Investment Bank (CIB) as the Manager, Internal Audit and was responsible for setting up and managing the Audit function. Upon leaving CIB Mr. Isaac became the Head of Internal Audit at VMCOTT. He then joined the Ansa McAl family as the Group Audit Manager before being transferred to the role of Sector Manager - Operational Risk and Compliance (Financial Sector). Mr. Isaac subsequently joined the Power Generation Company of Trinidad and Tobago (PowerGen) to set up and lead the Internal Audit function. To date he remains the Head of Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management at PowerGen.
 
Mr. Isaac possesses an MBA with Distinction, a Bsc. Management (Hons) degree . He also attained the following professional certifications : Certified Professional Forensic Accountant (CPFAcct), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Risk Management Professional (CRMP) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) .

Mr. Carl Sookraj - Plant Manager

Mr. Carl Sookraj has been appointed to the position of Plant Manager – Pt. Lisas Power Station effective November 1, 2019.

Mr. Sookraj most recently held the position of Operations Team Leader at Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU) and his responsibilities included the management of plant operations and TGU’s Power Purchase Agreement with T&TEC. He brings over 22 years’ experience gained from several key positions in plant operations with the electric power generation industry in Trinidad and Tobago.

No stranger to PowerGen, Mr. Sookraj was first employed at PowerGen’s Pt. Lisas Power Station in 1996 as a Plant Engineer and was promoted to the position of O&M Engineer III in 2002 and was promoted to the position of O&M Engineer I in 2009. During his 15-year tenure at PowerGen, he acted as Maintenance Manager and Project Manager at Point Lisas on several occasions. He also served as Project Engineer on major overhauls, hot gas path inspections and combustor inspections on all gas turbines at Pt. Lisas.

Mr. Sookraj holds a BSc (Upper second Class Honours) Mechanical Engineering from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and an MBA from the Heriot Watt University of Scotland. He has also pursued a wide range of leadership, management and industry - specific training courses over his 27-year career.

Ms. Natisha Mohammed - Plant Manager

Mrs. Natisha Mohammed was been appointed to the position of Plant Manager – Penal Power Station effective December 1, 2020.

Mrs. Mohammed most recently held the position of Outage Manager and brings over 18 years’ experience gained from several key positions in plant operations within the electric power generation industry in Trinidad and Tobago.

Natisha joined PowerGen in 2001 as an Engineer in Training and since that time successfully moved through roles such as O&M Engineer, Maintenance Manager, Operations Manager, Project Manager and in 2016 assumed the role of Outage Manager.

Mrs. Mohammed holds a BSc. Mechanical Engineering (Upper Second Class Honours) as well as a MSc. Production Management, both from The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and an MBA from the Heriot-Watt University (EBS) of Scotland (UK). She has also pursued a wide range of leadership, management and industry - specific training courses over her 18+ year career.

Mrs. Mohammed believes that with her wealth of experience, adaptability to change, her capacity to leverage the strengths of her team and her philosophy of continuous learning, she can bring sustained value to the Penal Power Plant.

Mr. Premraj Dukharan - Head - Health Safety and Environment

Mr. Premraj Dukharan was appointed Head- HSE effective January 1st, 2024.

Mr. Dukharan has over thirty-five years of experience in Engineering, Operations, Health Safety and Environment (HSE) in several organizations within the upstream, downstream, and service-related sectors in the oil and gas industry.

He has held many leadership and managerial roles in both local and multi-national companies spanning a period of approximately twenty years. Apart from Trinidad and Tobago, Premraj has worked in the United States of America, Western Australia, Colombia, Jamaica and most recently Guyana where he worked as a Safety consultant for a company in the downstream gas sector.

He holds a BSc as well as an MSc. In Petroleum Engineering, both from the University of the West Indies.