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His Honour Senator The Most Honourable Reginald R. Farley, FB, JP, FCA, CPA
(as at March 2024)
Brief Profile
His Honour Senator The Most Honourable Reginald R. Farley, FB, JP, FCA, CPA has been the President of the Senate of Barbados since September 2020. He is a Barbadian Chartered Accountant, consultant, former Cabinet Minister and diplomat, who immediately prior to his current appointment as President of the Senate, was the High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada.
Sen. Farley holds, the Chartered Professional Accountant designation from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), a BSc in Economics and Management from the University of the West Indies, and a Teacher’s Diploma from Erdiston Teachers’ College. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB), and a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada - Nova Scotia Chapter.
Sen. Farley started his career as a teacher before moving to the Barbados Industrial Development Corporation as a Business Development Officer, and then to the Barbados Chamber of Commerce as its Executive Director. In 1994, Sen. Farley became a Minister of Government and held the portfolios of Industry, Commerce & Business Development (1994-1999); Industry & International Business (1999-2001); Economic Development (2001-2003); Education, Youth Affairs & Sports (2003-2006); and Housing & Lands (2006-2008).
In the Parliament of Barbados, he served as Leader of Government Business in the Senate from 1994 to 1999 and later served as the Member of Parliament for Christ Church East from 1999 to 2008 with the Barbados Labour Party (BLP).
Sen. Farley returned to the private sector, after leaving government, and became the Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (2009-2018). In 2018, he was appointed High Commissioner of Barbados to Canada and was based in Ottawa until his return to Barbados in September 2020 to become President of the Senate.
In October 2023 Sen. Farley was elected Chairman of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP). He previously served as Chairman during the period 1999 to 2002. At the BLP’s Annual Conference 2023 he was the recipient of the Grantley Adams Award which is the highest award conferred by the Barbados Labour Party to its members for highly meritorious service. It is named in honour of the Right Excellent Grantley Herbert Adams, National Hero of Barbados and founder of the Barbados Labour Party.
In the Barbados Independence Day Honours, November 30, 2023, Sen. Farley received the island’s highest national honour, the Order of the Freedom of Barbados which is awarded for distinguished and extraordinary service to Barbados, the Caribbean, the Caribbean Diaspora or to humanity at large.
