Michael has worked in client locations across the Caribbean region and Guyana as a professional banker for over 40 years. His experience covers almost every aspect of commercial banking from corporate finance, product development, audit, compliance, branch management and marketing to Group policy.

Career:  He recently retired as one of the longest-serving senior executives of the RBTT Financial Group whose origins date back over 100 years to Royal Bank of Canada in Trinidad. He held senior management positions for bank subsidiaries in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Bahamas, Guyana and the Eastern Caribbean; St Lucia and St Vincent.  He also served on the board of RBTT Insurance Agency Limited, a local British Petroleum charity and a Trinidad and Tobago Government small business development and leasing company.

Professional: Michael’s professional training began in the bank with intensive training programmes and continuing professional development over three decades. Practical topics covered foreign exchange, retail and commercial credit, corporate finance, branch operations, compliance, audit, money laundering, marketing and management. He was the Caribbean representative at the Institute of Bankers (UK) International Banking Summer School in New Delhi, India (l988).  He is also a founding Member of the Caribbean Financial Planning Association and serves on the Council.

Academic: Michael gained an Executive MBA from the University of the West Indies – Institute of Business. He also lectured to staff across the region for ROYTEC, an accredited local undergraduate college which awards Canadian university degrees through the University of New Brunswick.

Michael is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Port of Spain and past District Governor Assistant Rotary District 7030.

Updated: May 2008