Alden McLaughlin

Alden McLaughlin trained as a lawyer, gaining a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Liverpool and being called to the bar in 1988. He entered Caymanian politics as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Red Bay from 2000, co-founded the People's Progressive Movement in 2002, and served as Minister for Education, Training, Employment, Youth, Sports and Culture (2005-2009) and Leader of the Opposition (2011-2013). He was Premier of the Cayman Islands and Minister for Home and Community Affairs from May 2013 to April 2021, and later Speaker of Parliament from November 2023 to March 2025. He was appointed MBE in 2010 and knighted in 2022.

McLaughlin gave the keynote address at Mare Forum's Cayman Islands Shipping Summits and the Cayman Islands Shipping and Yachting Summit between 2014 and 2017.