CASTRIES, St Lucia– Managing Director of the Jamaica-based JN Bank, Leesa Kow, is the new chair of the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) Inc.
Kow, elected unopposed during the association’s recent 49th Annual General Meeting held at the Harbor Club Resort here, replaces Dalton Lee, founder, and chairperson of the Bank of Montserrat. He served two terms as chairperson of CAB. Lee has been elected as a director for the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados.
A previous director for the Association’s Northern Caribbean region, Kow brings a wealth of experience and success as a business leader in the financial services sector and telecommunications industry in Jamaica and overseas, the CAB said in a press release.
A 20-year veteran in financial services, she has also served as chairperson of CAB’s advocacy committee.
Michael Walcott, General Manager, Overseas Operations at Republic Financial Holdings, was elected deputy chairperson. Joining Lee as a director for the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados is Victor Boyce, Managing Director of ANSA Bank (Barbados). The latter takes over from Frances Parravicino in representing ANSA Bank on the Board.
Two first-time directors were also elected. Tracy Ebanks, CEO/General Manager of the Cayman Islands Development Bank, received overwhelming support from her fellow members to serve as a director for the Northern Caribbean; At the same time, Tanya Watson-Francis, General Manager of Treasury & Correspondent Banking Division at the National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd., was also voted director for the Northern Caribbean.
Keshwar Khodai, Head – Group Treasury at First Citizens Bank in Trinidad and Tobago, and Evelyn Wayne, Director, Economic Policy and Development at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, also return to the Board.
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