Mr. Claudius J. Francis – Member representing the Leader of the Opposition
DATE APPOINTED: August 8, 2003
- Roman Catholic
- An Insurance Loss Adjuster, Consultant and Arbitrator by profession
- Managing Director, Francis, Rosemin & Co. Ltd.
- President of the Insurance Council of St Lucia
- A founding member and five-term president of the Saint Lucia Insurance Institute.
- A founding member of the Association of Insurance Institutes of the Caribbean served as Secretary/treasurer, first Saint Lucian to hold the position.
- As a Consultant and Arbitrator, Mr. Francis’ services are sought regionally and in 1993 he wrote an opinion on the question of how evidence given by expert witnesses is to be received by a Tribunal or Court, as well the applicability of English law in Saint Lucia’s jurisdiction. That decision was unanimously affirmed by the O.E.C.S. Court of Appeal and has since been applied several times throughout the member states of the organization.
- Mr. Francis is also the host of the HTS/Helen FM 100 talk show, Straight Up! As well as a commentator and writer on social and political matters.
- Former national table tennis and volleyball player as well as sporting administrator having served as President of the National Council of Sporting Associations, President of the Saint Lucia Table Tennis Association.
- President of the Windward Islands Table Tennis Association, President of the Castries Football Council and President of the Saint Lucia Softball Cricket Association, among others. He is also an internationally qualified Table Tennis umpire and was a member of the Saint Lucia Olympic Committee.
- Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Saint Lucia Calypsonians Association and a member of the Saint Lucia Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee.
- Member of Saint Lucia’s Electoral Commission as well as a member of Saint Lucia Civil Code Reform Committee, and served as Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, Hon. Kenney D. Anthony between 1997 and 1999.
- Chairman of Sports Saint Lucia INC.