Mr. Romel Ramarack
Mr. Romel Ramarack, General Manager of Trinidad and Tobago Housing Development Corporation Construction Company Limited (TTCCL) has over fifteen (15) years experience covering project management, construction management, contract management and engineering design in the public and private sectors.
Mr. Ramarack’s professional and career objective is to continuously develop professional competencies and create & promote innovation in the fields of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, Project Management and Construction Management to properly serve his professional entities both locally and internationally, his stakeholders and his country, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
He has predominantly been in the role of managing cross functional teams with the ability to lead in a manner which elevates and inspires teammates through a unique combination of the leadership styles. This unique ability allows him to adjust his approach as the situations arise through the combination of authoritative, democratic, coaching, affiliative, pacesetting and coercive leadership styles. Mr. Ramarack’s background, which covers academia & research, lecturing & mentoring, industry experience and continuous development through the affiliation to professional bodies; contributes to this unique ability.
The key to his successful track record is attributed to his talent to effectively communicate and manage teams through a combination of leadership styles. His tenure in public sector housing spans to date ten (10) years in managing the HDC’s housing portfolio of an overall yield of 8,000 mixed housing units at an approximate budget of TTD 7.0 Billion. Furthermore, he has been instrumental through dispute resolution over the years in successfully determining construction contract claims of a combined value exceeding TTD 2.0 Billion.
He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) degree and Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Civil Engineering from The University of the West Indies and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Construction Law and Arbitration from the Robert Gordon University Aberdeen. Mr. Ramarack is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE - UK) and the Engineering Council (EC - UK) and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb - UK). He is an International Professional Engineer (UK) under the Engineering Council (EC - UK), a Registered Engineer under Board of Engineering Trinidad and Tobago (BoETT), and a Professional Engineer under the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT).