Mrs. Arlene McComie took the Oath of Office as Member and Chairman of the Public Service Commission before Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at a ceremony at the Office of the President on Friday February 6, 2026.

Mrs. Arlene McComie is a senior Executive with over eighteen (18) years of experience in Portfolio Planning, Negotiation, Business Development and Human Resource Management.

Having graduated with Honours with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine in 1979, she went on to do a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Bernard Baruch College of City University in New York and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Business at the University of the West Indies. This was followed in 2013 by an Executive Masters of Business Administration from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and in 2018 from the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business, a Post Graduate Certificate in Authentic Business Education.

Starting in 1990 as an Acting Administrative Officer 4 in the Technical Co-Operation Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister, Mrs. McComie in 1999 became the Director of Human Resources in the Ministry of National Security. She was promoted to Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary in 2002 and became Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport in 2005. She filled the same position in the Ministries of Public Administration, Local Government and Planning and Sustainable Development. Mrs. McComie is also a former Member of the Statutory Authority Service Commission.

Mrs. McComie is at present, a lecturer/Consultant at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business.

Her Excellency congratulated Mrs. McComie on her appointment and wished her success in the new position.