Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton
Member of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition
Territorial At-Large Representative
DATE OF BIRTH: 21st March 1954
PROFESSION: Engineer
EDUCATION: 1993 Fourth Commonwealth Top Management
Programme for Public Enterprises, Singapore Certificate
1992 Supervisory Course – BIMAP, Barbados, WI Certificate 1986 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, DC Certificate
1980 Tuskegee Institute, Alabama B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Howard University, Washington, DC Award in Thermodynamics
1974 University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, USVI
MARITAL STATUS and NO. OF CHILDREN: Married and two (2) children
CAREER: 2007 - 2011 Private Sector Chief Executive Officer, Skelton Group of Companies
1987 - 1999 General Manager, BVI Electricity Corp.
1983 - 1987 Distribution Engineer, Acting General Manager BVI Electricity Corporation
1982 - 1983 Electrical Engineer, Partners, Sheer House, West by Fleet, Surrey, England
1980 - 1982 Distribution Engineer, BVI Electricity Corporation
AFFILIATIONS: Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineer, USA
Powers Engineer Society, USA
Institute of Electrical Engineers, United Kingdom
Chartered Engineer, United Kingdom
The Society of Engineers, United Kingdom
International Who’s Who of Professionals
American Management Association
Member, Rotary Club of Road Town, British Virgin Islands
INTEREST/RECREATIONS: Music, Basketball, Volleyball and Softball
OFFICE: Member of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
CONSTITUENCY: Territorial Member
YEAR FIRST ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT: 1999
CAREER: 2023 to March 2025- Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Territorial Member 2011 to 2019- Minister for Health and Social Development, Territorial Member
2003 - 2007- Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Finance, Health and Social Development 1999 - 2003- Territorial Member and Member of the Opposition, Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands
CPA CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, VISITS ATTENDED:
BVI Branch Annual Parliamentary Visit–Africa, June 2001
46th CPA Conference and 20th Conference for Small Countries–London, September 2000
45th CPA Conference and 19th CPA Conference for Small Countries–Trinidad and Tobago, September 1999
BVI Branch Parliamentary Seminar–Tortola, June 1999
- House of Assembly, Richard C. Stout Building, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands
- Postal Address: P.O. Box 2390, Road Town, Tortola, VG1110