Oct 2015 Financial News

MD designate named for Republic Bank

Oct 06, 2015

Republic Bank Ltd yesterday announced the appointment of Nigel Mark Baptiste, as Managing Director Designate of Republic Bank Ltd and President and Chief Executive Officer Designate, of Republic Financial Holdings Ltd.

He currently holds the position as the bank’s deputy managing director. These appointments came into effect on October 15. Baptiste will replace David Dulal-Whiteway upon his retirement from the bank, which takes effect on February 11, 2016, after a distinguished career of 25 years.

Baptiste’s career with Republic Bank spans 24 years during which time, he successfully progressed from junior management to executive management, leading diverse functions within the group, including the bank’s retail, corporate and overseas functions and as a director on several group boards. More recently as deputy managing director, Baptiste spearheaded a number of key strategic projects including the formation of Republic Financial Holdings Ltd, as well as, the acquisition of the Suriname operation, Republic Bank (Suriname) NV. He was also closely involved in the acquisition of the majority shareholding in HFC Bank (Ghana) Ltd.

He holds Bachelors (First Class Honours) and Master’s degrees in Economics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Baptiste is an associate of the Canadian Institute of Bankers and a graduate of both the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme.

In addition to Baptiste’s appointment , the board of directors has also approved Jacqueline Quamina and Roopnarine Oumade Singh, be appointed executive directors of Republic Bank Ltd, effective January 31.

Quamina joined Republic Bank in 1995 and is the bank’s group general counsel and corporate secretary. Quamina has extensive experience in corporate law in the Caribbean, as well as, in corporate governance and compliance. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (LLB, Executive MBA) and University College London (MA). She is a member of the Bar in England and Wales (Grays Inn) and in T&T. Quamina is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Quamina serves on several boards within the Group and is also a Director of Unilever Caribbean Ltd and the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute.

Oumade Singh holds Bachelors and Master’s Degrees in Economics and an Executive MBA from the University of the West Indies, and is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Management programme. His career in Republic Bank spans 20 years, during which time he has held several portfolios at the senior and executive management levels including, Forex, Group Treasury, Risk and more recently Corporate and Investment Banking.

Source:
Trinidad Guardian
Tuesday October 6, 2015

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