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Oct 2012 Financial News

Republic Bank makes executive changes

Oct 26, 2012

Republic Bank Ltd has announced the appointment of Ian R De Souza as the new Managing Director of Republic Bank (Barbados) Ltd, from January 1, 2013. De Souza will replace Derwin Howell who will return to Trinidad in January, to assume the position of Executive Director of the Republic Bank Group.

De Souza is a career banker of 30 years, 20 of which were spent at Republic Bank Ltd. His career has taken him to postings in Canada, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and now, Barbados. A member of Republic Bank’s executive management team since 2003, De Souza has held positions of General Manager Risk Management, General Manager Corporate and Investment Banking and President of Republic Bank (DR) SA in the Dominican Republic.

A Certified Management Accountant, De Souza is also the holder of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management and an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies.
He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at the Harvard Business School and a member of the American Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Association.

Replacing De Souza as General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking, will be Robert Le Hunte, currently the Bank’s General Manager, Group Planning and Financial Control. Le Hunte, who held the title of Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at the Bank’s Barbados Subsidiary for seven years, has worked in the financial services sector for over 20 years.

Le Hunte holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Manchester and a Master of Science in Accounting from The University of the West Indies, St Augustine. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.


Source:
Trinidad Guardian
Friday October 26, 2012

http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2012-10-26/republic-bank-makes-executive-changes