CDB to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which assigned him to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to review and implement changes to the public finance system and to manage government finances as Director General of Finance and Planning. Upon his 1993 return to St. Vincent, Eustace was appointed Fiscal Adviser to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. From 1993 to 1998 Eustace was chairman of WIBDECO as well as the Joint Venture Holding Companies in the UK. He headed the Windward Islands negotiating team for the acquisition of GEEST Bananas (including the GEEST shipping fleet) in a joint venture with Fyffes of Ireland. Eustace was chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS). He was also the Government Director on the board of the East Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC). Parliamentary career In 1998, he resigned from the public service and ran for political office, winning the East Kingstown parliamentary seat previously held by fellow party member Carlyle Dougan. Following the 1998 general elections, he was appointed Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service. Later that year he was offered the post of Deputy Secretary General of the British Commonwealth Secretariat in London, which he declined. In 2000, Eustace was elected leader of the New Democratic Party and upon the October 2000 retirement of Sir James Mitchell, was appointed prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines until the NDP's loss at the March 2001 General Elections. Eustace remained president of The New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition. In the following three general elections, the NDP representation rose from 3–12 to 7–8, within narrow reach of forming the government. In 2016, Eustace resigned as both Leader of the Opposition and President of the New Democratic Party after holding the two positions for 15 years. In 2020, Eustace retired from Parliament. In the 2020 election, NDP candidate Fitzgerald Bramble was elected as the new MP for East Kingstown. References Further reading Living people Members of the House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Finance ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines New Democratic Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) politicians 1944 births Sir George Williams University alumni University of Windsor alumni Saint Vincent and the Grenadines expatriates in Canada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines expatriates in Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines civil