Aug 2016 Financial News

Republic appoints two new directors

Aug 22, 2016

REPUBLIC Bank Limited (RBL) on Friday announced the appointments of Edward J.L. Ince and Ian L. Benjamin to its board of directors, effective August 17.

Edward Ince is the Founder and Joint Managing Director of PRISM services; specialising in financial services, mail processing, records management and customer loyalty in the Central American and Caribbean regions. “He has extensive knowledge of the Caribbean region, coupled with a background in technology, and is the former General Manager, Eastern Caribbean, Fujitsu ICL Caribbean, where he had oversight of the company’s operations in Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent and Dominica,” RBL stated.

Ince holds a B.Sc (Hons) Computer Science from York University, Toronto, Canada, and is a former National Aubrey Collymore Scholarship Recipient for Sciences.

Fellow appointee, Ian Benjamin, is the Head of Bethany Chambers, Port-of-Spain. He is a career advocate attorney with over 25 years experience in practicing and teaching law in Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and Australia.

“He is a well-regarded authority on legal matters pertaining to banking, financial regulation, company, insolvency, insurance, pension and tax litigation, construction disputes, professional negligence, and constitutional motions.” Benjamin has held several academic teaching posts at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago; the University of Sydney, Australia; and Kingston Polytechnic, England.

He holds an LL.M (First Class Hons) from the University of Sydney, Australia; an LL.M. (Upper Second Class Hons) and a B.A. (First Class Hons in Law; Upper Second class Hons in Land Economy) from Girton College, University of Cambridge, England. He is admitted to the Bar of England and Wales (1998), Trinidad and Tobago (1989), Dominica (2008), Grenada (2013) and Anguilla (2016).

Source:
Sasha Harrinanan
Newsday
Monday August 22, 2016

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