Board of Directors

Stuart Spiers – Vice-President

Stuart Spiers has been in the Real Estate Industry for over ten years. He sharpened his service and marketing skills from his 16 years in the Insurance Industry. Stuart attained his ACII Insurance degree with Honors in two subjects at the College of Insurance In Kent, England. He also completed studies in Risk Management as well as numerous marketing, management, and technical Insurance Courses.

He is a seasoned Real Estate Broker and has been a member of AREA since completion of the Principles of Real Estate Sales course in 2000. He has previously served on the Public Relations Committee of AREA and currently is the Managing Director of Stuart Spiers Real Estate Services Limited. He has been closely connected with the real estate industry all his life and has a wealth of experience in commercial as well as residential Sales and Rentals.

Dawn Glaisher
Appointed: 1997

Dawn Glaisher graduated from the University of Lancaster, UK, with a 2nd Class Honours Degree in English and subsequently has worked for several Real Estate agencies throughout her career, beginning with Nealco Real Estate (part of the Neal and Massey Group, Trinidad) where she was employed as a Divisional Manager with the role of establishing their real estate operation in Tobago.

From here she went on to work for Estates was her company, a partnership with Natalie Mahabir. Dawn is very involved in drafting legislation with her professional association to regulate the real estate industry, serving on the Taxation and Legislation Committee of the Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) and is a Broker Member, Director and the Honorary Secretary of the Association.

Mark Edghill

Mark Edghill has been involved in the real estate industry since 2003 with the establishment of Key West Limited, based in West Trinidad, some five years after completing the Principles of Real Estate Sales course at ROYTEC.

With extensive training and a strong background in Sales, Marketing and Management, Mark has acquired a wealth of knowledge from his work in the Construction Industry, Local and Regional Sales and Brand Management and Electrical Energy Management Consulting.

In addition to his involvement in the Real Estate Industry, Mark currently owns and operates a retail clothing outlet and a wholesale distribution company which supplies a diverse range of tools, hardware and accessories.

With a desire for change, problem solving and improvement in how Real estate is practiced in Trinidad and Tobago, Mark has welcomed the opportunity to join the AREA Board of Directors to assist in the already extensive efforts being pursued by AREA to give structure and control to the industry.

Joseph Lewis
Appointed: 1996

Joseph Lewis, 51, is married and blessed with three (3) daughters. He was educated at St. Mary’s College and upon leaving school, he worked in the oilfield industry for a number of years until he decided to join the family-owned real estate business, Rental, Sales & Services, where he worked for ten years.

In 1993 he and his brother/partner Jeffery opened their own real estate agency Realty Broker Services – “The Home Sellers”. Since their business opened in 1993 they have been members of AREA and Mr. Joseph Lewis has been on the Board of Directors for the past fourteen years.

Kwame Blanchfield

Richard Saunders
Richard Saunders is an Honours Graduate in Electrical Engineering, University of West Indies and currently a Director of the Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA). He pursued Post Graduate Studies, M.S.c Electronic Instrumentation, at University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom and Diploma, Public Enterprises Management, at the Indian Institute of Management Ahemedabad, India.
Mr. Saunders has been a senior executive for over twenty- five (25) years with significant involvement in Real Estate, Property Development, Property Management, Marketing and Engineering.

Over the years, Mr. Saunders has actively participated in several Multidisciplinary teams working on the conceptualization, reengineering and repositioning of commercial assets under management. This experience has for the past decade involved close collaboration with local and foreign experts to realize lifestyle concepts in development of community facilities. Mr. Saunders is currently a President Elect, Association of Professional Engineers, and a fomer Vice President of Trinidad and Tobago Group of Professional Association Limited, (TTGPA)
He is presently the Managing Director of Vicar Enterprises Limited, a company providing consultancy services to clients with portfolios in Property Development and Real Estate Services.

Tracy Sheppard was appointed on April 28, 2011.