Ambassador Esmond Reid is currently the Under-Secretary for Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Jamaica. He is an International Relations and International Business Specialist with over 34 years experience in the multilateral diplomacy, trade and bilateral arenas.

Ambassador Reid has served in senior roles within the Jamaican Foreign Ministry and externally, as High Commissioner of Jamaica to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with concurrent accreditation to Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Senegal and Rwanda, Senior Director of the Foreign Trade Department and Member of the Board of Directors of the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC). He has also served at Jamaica’s diplomatic missions in London, Bonn, Berlin, Brussels and Geneva, where he played an integral role in the negotiation and conclusion of the landmark Trade Facilitation Agreement, within the World Trade Organization (WTO).

On the international sphere, Ambassador Reid has worked extensively on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, particularly in relation to the negotiation of international trade agreements. Due to this long association, the Ambassador has an extensive knowledge of the Organization of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) which has its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He has also been actively involved in the regional integration process within the Caribbean, at the level of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM). The Ambassador has participated in several international meetings and conferences organized by the United Nations, the Commonwealth, World Trade Organization and the European Union, among others.

Ambassador Reid holds a B.Sc. in International Relations from the UWI and an MBA in International Business from Schiller International University, London. He is married and has two children.