Government Ministers -- Minister of Works and Transport

Minister of Works and Transport the Honourable Colm Imbert

Colm Imbert  -- For almost thirty years, Colm Imbert has been serving Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean Region in his core profession of Civil Engineering. Immediately following upon his graduation, with Honours from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine in 1979 he worked on a number of projects within the Caribbean Region as a Consulting Engineer. While developing his practice and gaining experience he successfully pursued a Masters Degree in Maritime Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester, England and was formally registered as an engineer in 1986.

He then transitioned into the academic world and lectured in Construction Management at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies and provided consultancy support through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Sea Defences for the Government of Guyana.

In 1991, he entered public life as a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of Works and Transport and Local Government until 1995 when he became a member of the opposition.

During the period that he was in Parliament as an opposition member, he focused on the application of his knowledge and skills in Engineering as a Property Developer and Project Manger throughout the Caribbean Region. During his third term as Member of Parliament, he served again in the Cabinet as Minister of Health and Minister of Science and Technology until he again resumed responsibility for the portfolio of the Ministry of Works and Transport which he retains to the present time.

In his professional sphere he has become a member of two major international bodies, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Society of Construction Law and successfully completed a Masters of Laws Degree in Construction Law and Arbitration.
Now as a parliamentarian, he has assumed responsibility as Leader of Government business in the House of Representatives and continues to build on his past performance in the Ministry of Works and Transport in development of the country’s infrastructure.