Barbados-born inventor, brother of Dame Billie Miller, dies at 81

Barbados-born inventor and outdoorsman Buddie Miller,  brother of former deputy prime minister Dame Billie Miller, who built a career in Trinidad in engineering, business management and invention, died on Wednesday, aged 81.

Miller, of Maracas Valley, St Joseph, moved to Trinidad in 1965. He went on to serve as chief engineer at Nestlé, regional general manager at Chesebrough Ponds and as a business consultant.

Alongside his corporate career, he developed inventions for which he held multiple international patents, according to his family’s death announcement.