REPUBLIC BANK LIMITED
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Ronald F. deC. Harford,
(69)
Ronald F. deC. Harford, Chairman of Republic Bank Limited since
2003, 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. The former managing
director of the Republic Bank Group, Mr. Harford retired from
the Bank in 2005 after 42 years of service.
Mr. Harford is also the Chairman of Republic Bank (Barbados)
Limited, (formerly Barbados National Bank Inc.), Republic Bank
Trinidad and Tobago (Barbados) Limited, and Republic Bank
(Grenada) Limited.
External appointments
Mr. Harford is the Chairman of The University of the West Indies
(UWI) Development and Endowment Fund and 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; a Director of Caribbean Information and Credit
Rating Services Limited and a former Director of the Grenada
Industrial Corporation. He is a past President of the Trinidad &
Tobago Red Cross Society, having served that body for over
two decades, and a past President of the Bankers Association of
Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr. Harford is a founding Director of the Trinidad and Tobago
Debates Commission and led the private sector funding
that enabled the Commission to be established and hold a
successful political debate on Local Government.
David Dulal-Whiteway,
(58)
David Dulal-Whiteway, Managing Director of Republic Bank
Limited, was appointed to this position in 2005. He has been
a banker for over 20 years. He is a graduate of The University
of the West Indies (UWI) and The University of Western Ontario.
He is also a member of the Certified General Accountants of
Canada (CGA).
He sits on the Boards of Republic Bank (Cayman) Limited,
Republic Bank Trinidad and Tobago (Barbados) Limited, HFC
Bank (Ghana) Limited and other companies in the Group.
External appointments
Mr. Dulal-Whiteway is the Chairman of The Foundation for
the Enhancement and Enrichment of Life (FEEL), a non-profit
organisation.
Nigel M. Baptiste,
(48)
Nigel M. Baptiste, Deputy Managing Director of Republic Bank
Limited, was first appointed to the Board in 2005, as Executive
Director. He is a First Class Honours Graduate of The University
of the West Indies, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of
Banking in England and a graduate of the Stonier Graduate
School of Banking in the United States of America.
Mr. Baptiste serves on the Boards of Republic Bank (Guyana)
Limited, Republic Bank (Cayman) Limited, HFC Bank (Ghana)
Limited and other entities within the Republic Bank Group.
Derwin M. Howell,
(52)
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.
Shazan Ali,
(67)
Shazan Ali, joined the Board of Directors in 2010. He is the
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOSL Engineering
Limited. He has a wealth of experience in the energy industry
and spent the last 34 years 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 the Deputy Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Local
Content Chamber (TTLCC) and a Council Member of the Energy
Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago (ECTT). In these roles, he aims
to fashion a more pro-active energy services sector that will
redound more financial benefits to the Trinidad and Tobago
economy.
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