Thackwray Driver

Thackwray “Dax” Driver has been at the forefront of developments in the Trinidad & Tobago energy sector for over twenty-five years.  He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago between 2002 and early 2026 and oversaw the rapid growth of the Chamber to become a trade association representing the entire energy sector value and supply chain in the country and with
membership in the wider region.  He pioneered numerous new initiatives and activities for the Energy Chamber, including an award-winning safety programme, the Learning Centre and a suite of highly respected events covering all aspects of the energy sector, from oil and gas to renewable energy.  He is recognised as a leading voice on the energy sector in Trinidad and the wider Caribbean and the
relationship between energy and economic and social development.

He is currently an Adviser to the ODI Training Centre in Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Guyana where he is leading the drive to expand the centre’s offerings and play a leading role in upskilling the Guyanese workforce.

He is a member of the Board of the Caribbean Community Centre Climate Change (CCCCC) representing the petroleum industry. He is a past Chair of the Caribbean Chambers Network (CARICHAM) and the Trinidad & Tobago Economic Development Board and an executive committee member of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation.  He was a founding member of the Trinidad & Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative multisector stakeholder committee and served as a member of the T&T Permanent Local Content Committee for many years.   He has also been a Board member of NESC-Technical Institute, the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries, the University of Trinidad &Tobago and T&T Natural Gas Liquids Ltd. Prior to joining the Energy Chamber, he was the director of Trinidad and Tobago’s Agricultural Sector Reform Programme. He is a Board member of the Bocas Literary Festival.  He has a Ph.D. in environmental history from the University of London and has published peer reviewed articles on land reform, soil erosion and environmental policy and an edited collection on timescales and global environmental change.