Executive Team

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 also serves as a Director on the Boards of Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited and Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. Mr. Howell holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering (First Class Honours) and an Executive MBA both from the University of the West Indies. He also holds an 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 Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (SMIEEE), 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 and a Chancellor’s Representative on the UWI St. Augustine Campus Council.

Riah Dass-Mungal, General Manager, Internal Audit, Republic Bank Limited and Chief Internal Auditor, Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has extensive experience in the fields of financial reporting and auditing, management reporting, corporate and strategic planning, and regulatory reporting. A Chartered Accountant with more than 2 decades of financial management experience in the private sector, Mrs. Dass-Mungal is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and has completed the Foster School of Business – Pacific Rim Banker Executive Management Program. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with a BSc. (Hons.) in Accounting and a minor in Management.

Hilton Hyland, General Manager, Commercial and Retail Banking, has been a member of the Bank’s management team for more than 20 years, serving in several managerial roles, including, most recently, Senior Manager, Human Resources. Mr. Hyland has extensive expertise in branch banking and operations, having successfully managed small, medium and large branches of varying portfolios and complexities. Mr. Hyland holds an Executive MBA from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

Karen Yip Chuck, General Manager, Corporate Investment Banking, has been a banker for 28 years and has served in a number of senior management positions within the Bank. She currently serves on the Boards of Stonehaven Villas Limited, Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited, Trintrust Limited, London Street Project Company Limited and Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce. She is a graduate of The University of the West Indies (UWI), The Heriot Watt University of Edinburgh, is a Certified Internal Auditor, and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Banking (ACIB).

Denyse Ramnarine, General Manager, Electronic Channels and Payments, brings to bear extensive experience in Information Technology (IT) Management, Systems Engineering, Systems Administration, and Project Management, having worked in the IT industry for more than 25 years. An accomplished professional, Ms. Ramnarine has served across a range of managerial posts within the Bank, including Assistant Manager, Communications; Manager, Desktop and Decision Support Services; Manager, Networking: Business Transformation; Senior Manager, Technology Advancement; Senior Manager, Application and Technology Delivery; and her most recent post as Assistant General Manager, IT. Ms. Ramnarine holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University, an MSc. in Telecommunications and Information Systems from the University of Essex, a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Business IT from NCC Education, a Diploma in Business Management from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, a CIM degree in Project Management from ROYTEC, and a BSc. From the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine as a double major in Computer Science and Physics.

Parasram Salickram, General Manager, Planning and Financial Control, Republic Bank Limited and Chief Financial Officer, Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has been with the Republic Bank Group for the past 14 years. Prior to his current position, Mr. Salickram worked as an External Auditor in Guyana for seven years. In the past, he also performed the role of Chief Financial Officer in the Group’s subsidiaries in the Dominican Republic and Barbados. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Global Management Accountants. Mr. Salickram is a CFA charterholder and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP).

David Robinson, General Manager, Wealth Management, has been a banker for the past 20 years, serving in several key managerial roles, including Senior Manager, Treasury and Senior Manager, Creditor Protection Support Unit. Mr. Robinson holds a BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo, Canada, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Executive) from the University of the West Indies, Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder. He also holds a Certificate in Business Excellence – Advanced Management Program from the Columbia Business School N.Y.

Michelle Palmer-Keizer, General Manager, Group Marketing and Communications, is a marketing professional with extensive experience in Credit Card business, Product and Research Development, Financial Product Management, Operational Management, and Strategic Management. A past President of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant and Tourism Association (THRTA), Ms. Palmer-Keizer is a current member of the Association of Business Executives, from which she was awarded the World Prize for Quantitative Methods.

Aldrin Ramgoolam, General Manager, Information Technology Management, has been a banker for more than 29 years, 25 of which have been in the field of Information Technology. Mr. Ramgoolam has a wide range of experience in Information Technology having served in Managerial positions of Technical Support, IT Infrastructure and Application Development as well as Senior Management positions in IT Service Delivery and IT Project Management. He is a graduate of the Lord Ashcroft Business School, Anglia Ruskin University, the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.

Vijai Ragoonanan, General Manager, Risk Management, has a wide range of experience, having served as a Branch Manager, Area Credit Manager, and Corporate Manager in previous appointments, before his assignment to Risk Management, where he has served for more than a decade. Mr. Ragoonanan was seconded to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington, D.C. in 2007, as has served as a Senior Investment Officer attached to the Global Manufacturing and Services Department. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago, and is a past Chairman of the Credit Risk Committee of the Banker’s Association of Trinidad and Tobago.

Baldath Ramkissoon, General Manager, Treasury, a member of the Republic Group for more than 2 decades, has significant industry expertise in Treasury Management (liquidity, foreign exchange, interest rate and electronic payment systems), Portfolio Management, Credit and Investment Risk Determination.
Mr. Ramkissoon has served as Manager, Latin American Investments; Manager, Trust and Asset Management Division; Investment Manager, Republic Wealth Management Limited; and Senior Manager, Treasury. He has represented the Bank at the IMF Caribbean Roundtable Discussions on Correspondent Banking Withdrawal in 2018 and has served as Deputy Chairman and Vice-President of the Mutual Fund Association of Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr. Ramkissoon holds an MSc. in Finance (Dist.) from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (UWI); an MBA from Heriot Watt University; and a BSc. in Management (Hons.) from the University of London. He has completed several courses and seminars on credit, risk management and investments, including Euromoney’s Financial Market Products; Pension Management at UBS, Puerto Rico; International Portfolio Management at Allianz, Germany; and McKinsey’s Asset Management CEO Summit in the UK. In 2015, Mr. Ramkissoon was awarded the Programme Director’s Award (MSc. International Finance) by the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Ramkissoon serves on the boards of Republic Bank (Cayman) Limited, Republic Insurance Company (Cayman) Limited, Republic Securities Limited, Republic Investments Limited, and Trintrust. He is also the current Chairman of the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BATT) Foreign Trade and Treasury Committee.

Anna-María García-Brooks, General Manager, Group Human Resources, has been a member of the Republic Bank team for more than 25 years. A graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) (Mass Communications) and winner of the Pro Vice Chancellor’s Prize for General Proficiency, First Place, Mrs. García-Brooks holds an MBA from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (UWI), a post graduate Diploma in Business Management from the UWI, and has successfully completed several Executive Management programmes at Stanford Graduate Business School, the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School. In 2014, Mrs. Garcia-Brooks was named as one the UWI’s Distinguished Alumni. She also serves as a Director of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited.

Marsha Mc.Leod-Marshall, General Manager, Group Enterprise, Risk, Republic Bank Limited; Chief Risk Officer, Republic Financial Holdings Limited, is a certified chartered accountant with more than a decade of financial analytical experience at the senior level within the Group. She has served the Group in a range of different capacities, including Senior Financial Analyst, Group Finance Manager, and Senior Manager– Finance before being appointed to her current position in March 2019.
During the course of her career, Mrs. Mc.Leod-Marshall was responsible for overseeing the integrity of the financial, management, and regulatory reporting functions of the Bank and its subsidiaries, including preparation of the Group’s financial statements and Budget, management of all financial and regulatory audits of the Bank and Group, financial analysis, and Group adherence to all accounting standards and regulatory requirements as outlined in the International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS), The Financial Institutions Act, The Central Bank Regulations, and The Corporation Tax Act. She has also contributed to the preparation of the Group’s Annual Strategic Plans and has been a key member of the teams charged with the Group’s recent acquisition exploits.

Kimberly Erriah-Ali, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Republic Bank Limited and Republic Financial Holdings Limited, is an attorney-at-law with 20 years of experience; having received her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (Hons.) from the University of the West Indies, and her Legal Education Certificate from The Sir Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad, Ms. Erriah was admitted to practice as an Attorney-at- Law in the Supreme Court Trinidad and Tobago in 1998.
She has served as Corporate Secretary on the Board of Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited and has served as Corporate Secretary to Republic Bank subsidiaries: Republic Finance and Merchant Bank Limited and London Street Project Company Limited. Ms. Erriah holds an MBA from the Heriot-Watt University, with electives in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance, is certified under the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and is a Certified Practitioner in Anti-Money Laundering from the Florida Institute of Bankers Association via Florida International University.
She brings to bear a wide range of expertise in Corporate and Commercial Law, Conveyancing, Trusts, Landlord and Tenant Law, Intellectual Property, Estates, and Litigation.

Marlon Persad, General Manager, IT Consolidation, Republic Bank Limited, is an accomplished professional with more than two decades of combined experience in Information Technology Management, IT Governance, Business Process Re-engineering, Project Management, Operational Risk, IT Security, Corporate Security, Business Continuity Management and AML Compliance in the Banking, Insurance, and Consulting industry. Mr. Persad has successfully served in a range of senior leadership positions including Senior Manager, Technology Advancement; Senior Manager, Corporate Operations and Process Improvement; Manager, Project Execution & IT Governance; and Manager, Project Execution.
He has chaired various sub-committees under the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago, is an Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA) from Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) in partnership with Florida International University, and is certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Mr. Persad holds an Executive MBA (Distinction) in Business from the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, an MSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Computer Studies both from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Suresh Supersad, General Manager, Shared Services Division, Republic Bank Limited, is an inveterate banker who, for close to 4 decades, has served the Bank in a variety of roles. Over the course of his career, Mr. Supersad has built up significant expertise in Retail Credit Management, Corporate and Commercial Credit Management, Branch Banking Operations Management, and Delinquency Control and Approvals Management.

In 2003, he was instrumental in establishing and leading the Loan Delivery Centre to manage the Bank’s Retail loans and Credit Card delinquency and helped set up the first Retail and Commercial Approval Centre at the Bank’s hub of operations at Endeavour, Chaguanas. In 2011, as Regional Sales Manager, Commercial and Retail Banking, he successfully managed North and South Branches in meeting their business targets.

Mr. Supersad holds Diploma in Business Management from the UWI School of Continuing Studies.

Roopnarine Oumade Singh was appointed Executive Director of Republic Bank Limited in 2016. He currently serves on the Boards of London Street Project Company Limited, Republic Bank (Cayman) Limited, Republic Insurance Company (Cayman) Limited, Republic Bank Trinidad and Tobago (Barbados) Limited, Republic Securities Limited and Republic Wealth Management Limited. Mr. Oumade Singh is a former director of Republic Finance and Merchant Bank Limited and has served as the Trinidad and Tobago User Group Chairperson for the Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT). He holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, as well as an MBA, specialising in Finance and Operations research, from Simon Fraser University, Canada.