Lara Quentrall-Thomas is the Founder and Chairman of Regency Recruitment and Resources Limited, Trinidad’s leading employment agency which provides administrative and support personnel to local and multinational companies across the region. With twenty-five (25) years of professional recruiting and HR management experience, and over twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and company director, Lara has worked with firms such as IBM, GE OIL and Gas, Electrolux, TSTT, Coca Cola and BHP Billiton.

Her expertise spans fields such as organisational strategic planning and design, negotiation, industrial relations, staff recruitment, development and performance management. Lara has created and facilitated customised training programs in Customer Service, Business Etiquette, Interviewing Skills and Professional Networking, and created multiple media presentations on job and career related topics.

Over the years, Lara has developed her academic portfolio, earning a degree in Business Management and her Masters in Business Administration from prestigious schools within the UK. She also received her Certificate in HR Management from UWI ROYTEC, and has participated in workshops on Mediation, Industrial Relations, Emotional Intelligence, Contract Negotiation and Labour Legislation.

Lara is the Founder and 1st President of the Association of Female Executives of T&T, commonly known as AFETT. Lara is a Director of Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago, a Director of the Office of Procurement Regulation, a Director of the Rotary Club of Central Port of Spain, Advisory Board Member of the TTSPCA — Trinidad and Tobago Society for the Prevent of Cruelty to Animals, Member of the Human Resource Management Association of T&T and Member of the Dyslexia Association of Trinidad and Tobago Bursary Fund.
Lara previously served as Vice Chairman of the British Caribbean Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago, and Board Member of both the Economic Development Advisory Board and American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.