Ms. Sandrea Maynard has been a qualified Barrister-at-Law since 1998 and has practiced both privately (domestic and internationally) and for the United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service. Her journey working in academia began in 2012 as a Senior Lecturer and advanced to an Associate Professor in Law. She has held senior leadership and management roles within UK universities across the sectors of law, business and university group subsidiaries both nationally and regionally, and managed multi-disciplinary and multifunctional teams through globally disruptive changes such as BREXIT and COVID-19.
As Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) she leads the regional university’s global engagement portfolio and coordinates all internationalisation and strategic global initiatives across The UWI system. She is the President and CEO of the International School for Developmental Justice, leveraging the high reputation of the regional university to build capacity and generate revenue as a core part of the University’s financial future.
In addition to spearheading the mobilisation of significant funding for The UWI, PVC Maynard has successfully led several flagship initiatives that have helped to bolster The UWI’s global positioning such as the Institute for Intelligent systems, Governance and Human centred Technology – INSIGHT and the Digital Transformation of The UWI..