Nicole Duke-Westfield is a senior communications professional with more than three decades of experience working in both corporate communications with recognized global brands, and in journalism with leading Caribbean media conglomerates. During her 15-year media career, Nicole worked her way through progressively senior roles in the newsrooms of the Trinidad Guardian and the Trinidad Express Newspapers, developing specialties in business and industry reporting. In 2002, she became the youngest woman to be appointed editor of the Trinidad Guardian, leading an award-winning and dynamic newsroom of desk editors, journalists, photographers, and other editorial contributors. In 2003, Nicole left journalism to join bp Trinidad and Tobago as its media relations adviser, beginning her new professional journey in corporate communications. Since then, she has led communications teams and provided strategic advice and solutions to multinational corporations in the banking, energy, and retail sectors, as well as to Government ministries and agencies. Today, Nicole is the principal consultant of Westfield Communications, a boutique PR company she founded with her husband, Julien in 2018. In today’s environment where disruption is the norm and reputations can be damaged with a single post, organisations require agile professionals who can work swiftly to design strategies that address complex business needs. Westfield Communications provides strategic advice and can deliver tactical solutions in media relations, crisis and change communications, and brand and reputation management. Nicole is a proud graduate of The UWI, completing both her B.A. in History and her post-graduate Diploma in International Relations at the St. Augustine campus. It was at UWI-STA that she had her first interview with the late Mr. Alwin Chow, managing director of the Trinidad Publishing Company, kicking off her career in the media. She also holds a masters in Global Strategic Communications from Florida International University. Nicole has served for two consecutive terms as the President of the Public Relations Association of Trinidad and Tobago (2016-2018, 2018-2020). She is also a former chair of the Academy Committee of the International Association of Business Communicators, a global professional association for PR and communications practitioners.