Guy Hewitt

Hewitt in London

Guy Arlington Kenneth Hewitt (born November 1967), a development specialist by training, was the High Commissioner of Barbados in London from 2014-2018.[1][2] He previously worked with the University of the West Indies, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Commonwealth of Nations, Caribbean Community, and the City and Guilds of London Institute.[3]

Hewitt has been a strong advocate for the Commonwealth of Nations and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) particularly for a change in the OECD Development Assistance Committee rules to allow Caribbean and other SIDS to access development financing when devastated by catastrophic storm systems.[4][5] In 2016, to celebrate  Barbados' Fiftieth Anniversary of Independence he published Fathering A Nation on the life and legacy of Errol Barrow, the first Prime Minister of Barbados and one of the Barbadian National Heroes.[6]

In 2018, he was one of the leading advocates on the Windrush scandal, in which he criticised the outcomes of the immigration policies of the British government on undocumented, elderly, West Indian-born, long-term UK residents which included the denial of the right to work, denial of benefits, denial of healthcare and also for some detention and deportation.[7][8][9][10] He recently published an article with Chatham House on the Windrush scandal in which he describes how Guerrilla diplomacy influenced the strategy to make the Windrush issue a national concern in the UK and bring about a major policy u-turn.[11][12]

In addition to his assignment to the Court of St James, Hewitt was the Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organisation, and a Governor on the Board of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has also published a number of books and is an Anglican priest who has ministered in the Caribbean, North America and Europe.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Podcast: Interview with Barbados High Commissioner Guy Hewitt on the campaign for justice for the Windrush Generation". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Heads of Mission in order of precedence and their spouses". gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. 1 2 "Guy Hewitt". Linked In.
  4. ↑ "Hurricane-hit islands deserve aid. The rules that block it are wrong". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Proud Member of the Commonwealth". Diplomat Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Fathering a Nation". Hansib.
  7. ↑ "Windrush Scandal". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Windrush Kids told: Don't approach Home Office". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  9. ↑ "A Call for Justice for Commonwealth Migrants". Church Times. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  10. ↑ "The Case of Guy Hewitt and the UK's Caribbean Windrush Generation". News Americas. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  11. ↑ "Winning the Windrush Battle". Chatham House. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  12. ↑ "The Guardian Interview with Guy Hewitt". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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