Rhonda Hodge-Smith

Deputy Director, External Relations

Rhonda Hodge-Smith took up the Deputy Director of the External Relations Unit post on 1 May 2023, where she supervises corporate communications, financial literacy, and media monitoring. She has over 15 years of experience in financial services, having worked in retail banking, as a corporate and banking lawyer, as a civil lawyer, as head of the former financial literacy unit at the Commission, and in financial services mediation. Mrs Hodge-Smith has also held senior management roles in tertiary education, gaining extensive experience in leadership, strategic planning, and change management. She has lectured in business law, effective business writing, technical report writing, and international marketing at the tertiary level for well over a decade and has been a media personality for over 25 years.

Professional Qualifications:

Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Virgin Islands, 2011
Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 2011
Bar Professional Training Course, Nottingham Law School, 2011
Graduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School, 2010
Master of Science in Development Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2005
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration concentration Marketing (Magna Cum Laude), InterAmerican University, 1998
Member, Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Member, BVI Bar Association
Accredited Member, London School of Mediation
Member, Accredited Arbitrator Roster of the BVI Labour Arbitration Tribunal