UWI FIC principal appointed to panel of judges for CIBC Unsung Heroes programme 2

Principal of the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus (UWI FIC), Prof. C. Justin Robinson, is among a panel of five distinguished persons who have been assembled to decide the first regional winners of the relaunched CIBC Caribbean Unsung Heroes.

The panel is headed by Independent Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, Senator Francis Lewis a former executive director of marketing and product development at the bank and the man who conceptualized and executed the original programme which ran from 2003 to 2013

The other judges are former Barbados Minister of Health Lt. Col Jeffrey Bostic, Bishop, the Revd. Christine Gooden Benguche, President Jamaica Methodist District, President of the Bahamas Red Cross, Edison Sumner and CIBC Caribbean’s Shayon Anderson, Operations Supervisor (ag) based in Jamaica and known for her community outreach and other philanthropic endeavors.

Building on the strong legacy of the decade long, Unsung Heroes programme which highlighted and rewarded scores of Caribbean men and women working quietly in their communities and making a difference in the lives of many, the Caribbean bank has rebooted the campaign to find those hidden heroes across its 10-member regional footprint.

The bank has made a modification to the original programme. While the original campaign focused mainly on people from the region who worked over a number of years to better their communities, the 2025 version of CIBC Caribbean Unsung Heroes campaign is open to all persons aged ten and over who have been making a difference in their communities and who have not been highlighted or rewarded in any significant way.

The new campaign offered two categories under which persons can be nominated – the original category of “outstanding work in the community” and a new category covering “an act of heroism/bravery/extraordinary act of kindness” within the 12 months preceding the start of the year’s campaign.