Board of Directors

Ronald F. deC. Harford, Chairman of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, is a career banker with more than 55 years of service to the Bank. He is the current Chairman of Republic Bank Limited. A past President of the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society, and a former Chairman of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Development and Endowment Fund, having served on the Board for more than two decades, Mr. Harford is also a former founding Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission and a former Director of the Grenada Industrial Corporation. In 2010, Mr. Harford was awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for his meritorious contribution to banking and the business community. He was conferred an Honorary LL.D. by the University of the West Indies and inducted to the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s Business Hall of Fame, both in 2012. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Bankers, the Institute of Banking of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean Association of Banking and Finance.
External Appointments
Mr. Harford is the Chairman of the Campaign Cabinet for Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago. He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business – UWI and a Director of Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited.

Nigel M. Baptiste, Managing Director, Republic Bank Limited and President and Chief Executive Officer, Republic Financial Holdings Limited since 2016, is a career banker with more than two decades of experience. Prior to his current position, he has served as Deputy Managing Director and Executive Director of Republic Bank Limited, General Manager Human Resources as well as Managing Director of the Group’s subsidiary in Guyana. Mr. Baptiste currently serves on the Boards of Republic Bank Limited, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited, Republic Bank (Ghana) Limited, and other subsidiaries within the Republic Group. He holds a BSc (Hons.) and an MSc in Economics from the University of the West Indies, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme, holds a diploma with distinction from the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking (USA), and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (England).

Derwin M. Howell was appointed an Executive Director of Republic Bank Limited in 2012. He sits on the Boards of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited and Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited within the Republic Bank Group. Mr. Howell is a First Class Honours graduate in Electrical Engineering and was also awarded an Executive Masters in Business Administration, from the University of the West Indies. He also holds a MSc in Telecommunications Systems from the University of Essex and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP). He is a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE), a Member of the Engineering Council of the United Kingdom (Chartered Engineer) and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET).

External Appointments
Mr. Howell is the Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago.

Roopnarine Oumade Singh was appointed Executive Director, Republic Bank Limited, on February 11, 2016. He has been a banker for over 20 years. Within the Republic Bank Group, he sits on the Board of London Street Project Company Limited and Republic Investments Limited. He is a former director of Republic Finance and Merchant Bank Limited, Republic Securities Limited and Republic Bank (Cayman) Limited. He served as the Trinidad and Tobago User Group Chairperson for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) for 12 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the University of the West Indies and holds a Master of Business Administration, specialising in Finance and Operations Research from the Simon Fraser University, Canada.

Shazan Ali was appointed to the Republic Group Board of Directors in 2010. He is the Chief Executive Officer of TOSL Engineering Limited and has a wealth of experience in the energy industry, having spent more than 3 decades developing TOSL Engineering into a world-class operation with interests in the wider Caribbean, the Guianas and Sub-Saharan Africa.

External Appointments
Mr. Ali is a Council Member of the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago (ECTT). In this role, he aims to fashion a more proactive energy services sector that will redound more financial benefits to Trinidad and Tobago’s economy. He is also a Director of Republic Bank Limited and Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V.

Peter R. Inglefield was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2015. He served as a Tax Partner and Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is the author of the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation’s (IBFD) publication on worldwide taxation. Mr. Inglefield has extensive experience in all aspects of doing business in Trinidad and Tobago, particularly with respect to advising incoming investors on structuring of local operations, withholding tax issues and tax treaty consideration. Mr. Peter Inglefield is a chartered accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Trinidad and Tobago.

External Appointments
Mr. Inglefield is a director of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange, Murphy Clarke Financial Limited and Industrial Rubber Products Limited.

Alison Lewis was appointed to the Republic Group Board of Directors in 2014. A former Governor of the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund, Ms. Lewis has served as an Advisor in the office of Executive Director, World Bank, as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and as a former Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission. In August 2015, Ms. Lewis was awarded the Public Service Medal of Merit (Gold) by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for her meritorious and outstanding service. Over the last two decades, Ms. Lewis has served on several Boards, including the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad Cement Limited, the Sovereign Wealth Funds Group, the Economic Development Advisory Board and she is the former Chairman of the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.

External Appointments
Ms. Lewis is a Director at Niquan Energy (Trinidad) Limited and Niquan Energy LLC.

Kristine Thompson was appointed to the Republic Group Board of Directors in 2011. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Snacks Limited, a member of the Associated Brands Industries Limited (ABIL) Group. She is also a founder of the Chuck E. Cheese’s family entertainment restaurant franchise in Trinidad. Prior to this, she was involved in project development, particularly in the energy sector, and has extensive experience in the fields of strategy, finance, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general management. The early years of her career were spent in management consulting with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where she advised Fortune 500 companies with stints at BCG’s Toronto, New York, Buenos Aires, and Melbourne offices. She later headed the Business Development function at Guardian Holdings for many years. Ms. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University in Canada and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

External Appointments
Mrs. Thompson currently serves as the Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Maple Leaf International School, Industrial Rubber Products (IRP) Ltd, and the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

Gregory I. Thomson was appointed to the Republic Group Board of Directors in 2014. He served as the Deputy Managing Director of Republic Bank Limited for seven years before retiring from this position in 2012. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited. Mr. Thomson has more than 35 years of experience in Banking and Finance and holds a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

External Appointments
Mr. Thomson is currently on the Board of Directors at One Caribbean Media Ltd.

Edward Ince joined the Board of Directors in August 2016. He is the currently the Founder/Joint Managing Director of PRISM services; specialising in financial services, mail processing, storage management, and customer loyalty in Central American and Caribbean regions. Mr. Ince is also the current Chairman of all PRISM subsidiaries operating in Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, and St. Lucia.

Mr. Ince has worked in the Information and Communication Technology sector for more than a decade; when most of his time was spent as General Manager, Eastern Caribbean, Fujitsu ICL Caribbean, where he oversaw the company’s operations in Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Dominica.

Mr. Ince serves in a non-executive capacity on a number of boards, across a diverse range of industries; including Tourism, Real Estate, Agriculture, and Offshore services. He also serves on the boards of several Barbados companies; including Cave Shepherd and Co. Limited, Barbados Sugar Industry Limited, Lynch Insurance Brokers, and Carlton A1 Supermarkets.

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

Jacqueline Quamina retired as Executive Director, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Republic Bank Limited and Republic Financial Holdings Limited, on September 1, 2016. She was appointed Executive Director, on February 11, 2016. An attorney at law with over 26 years of experience, she received her Bachelor of Laws from The University of the West Indies (UWI) and was called to the Bar of England and Wales where she is a member of Grays Inn. Ms. Quamina holds a Master of Arts from the University of London and an Executive MBA from the University of the West Indies, and is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme. More recently, she participated in the Corporate Governance, Executive Education Program, Stanford University, San Francisco and has completed the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Canada Director Education and Accreditation Programme and the Certificate in Corporate Governance at the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute. A Manager at Republic Bank Limited for 20 years, Ms. Quamina has wide experience in banking and finance and corporate law in the Caribbean as well as in communications, governance and compliance. Ms. Quamina serves on the board of Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited, and is a Director of Unilever Caribbean Limited and the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute.