Chad Blackman

He served as the Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, H.E Gilbert Houngbo until January 7, 2024 and was Barbados' Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Geneva, Vienna, and Rome, and former Ambassador to Switzerland, Austria, Serbia and Hungary.

[1] As Ambassador, he was President of the G77 and China Geneva Chapter; Co-ordinator of the Group of Small Island Developing States; Co-ordinator of the Group of Latin-America and Caribbean Countries GRULAC, and was a Global Board Member of the United Nations International Gender Champions.

Within the Cabinet of the ILO, he has responsibility for Latin-America & The Caribbean, the African Region, the United Nations, and external relations and corporate services.

[3] He also Chaired the SIDS Group in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

[4] An alumnus of the Christ Church Foundation School, Mr. Blackman obtained his bachelor's of law degree and masters in International Trade Law at the University of Essex, United Kingdom.