GABI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director of Bank of Baroda Guyana, Completes Stint in Guyana
Arun Gupta, who served as Managing Director for Bank of...
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Bank of Baroda
Anand Kumar joined the Bank of Baroda Group in 1992 and completed almost 30 years in different capacities at locations across India and abroad. At various times, he served as Manager of Credit, Manager of Planning and as the Regional Head of the branches at which he was serving.
His last foreign post was at Bank of Baroda Sydney from 2012 to 2017 where he was instrumental in establishing the bank's first Australian branch.
Mr. Kumar's extensive qualifications include: B.Sc (Hons); Master's in Business Administration (Banking); Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers; Certificate in Digital Banking-Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF); Certificate in Customer Service and Banking Codes and Standards (IIBF).
Job Titles:
- CEO, New Building Society
Anil Kishun joined the New Building Society twenty-five years ago in 1996 and has served in a number of senior positions prior to assuming the office of Chief Executive Officer in 2015.
Mr. Kishun was Branch Manager at NBS's Rosignol Branch for four years until June 2007 when he was appointed Head of Operations for the Society.
Mr. Kishun holds an MBA and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Vice - Chairman
- Managing Director, Citizens Bank Inc
James Foster brings extensive experience in banking in the USA, the Caribbean and Canada. This covers private, retail, corporate banking and successful mergers as well as mortgage insurance and his seminal involvement in projects in many of the major world financial centres.
His earlier positions include Director, Sales & Service - CIBC FCIB (Barbados), Group Vice-President - AIC Financial Group (Trinidad and Tobago), General Manager, Business Improvement & Operations - RBC Bank/RBTT (Trinidad and Tobago), Senior Consultant - RBC Bank (Canada), and Assistant Vice-President, Projects - Bank Atlantic (USA).
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- GM, Hand in Hand Trust Cooperation Inc
Maurice John has a distinguished career of over 40 years in the financial sector. He served for 24 years at the Guyana National Cooperative Bank (GNCB) Trust, a department of the GNCB that was established to conduct the bank's trust business. When GNCB Trust was bought by the Hand in Hand Group in 2002, Mr. John was retained as the Deputy General Manager, a position he held for 11 years before being appointed General Manager in 2013.
Mr. John also worked for Guyana National Printers Limited in the 1970s. He has a BSc in Finance & Accounting and is a member of the Institute of Administrative Accountants, England, as well as a Registered Book-keeper, England.
Mr. John is also the Finance Director of DHL Guyana.
Job Titles:
- Banker
- CEO, Demerara Bank Ltd
Pravinchandra Dave is a highly experienced career banker with over 30 years of experience in India, Uganda and Guyana. Mr. Dave joined Demerara Bank Limited in 2001 as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Dave's foray into banking started with Bank of Baroda, India as a Management Trainee in 1971. At BOB, he worked at different locations as Branch Manager and Administrative Head for the North Gujarat Zone. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Dave was a Senior Faculty member responsible for training Senior Executives of the Bank at the Apex Training College of Bank of Baroda.
Mr. Dave was subsequently deputed to Uganda where he was retained by Bank of Uganda under a World Bank Programme to provide entrepreneurship training. Following this, he was the Chief Manager for the first Corporate Banking branch opened by Bank of Baroda in Ahmedabad until 1997, when he entered Guyana to serve as the Territorial Head of BOB, Guyana. In 2001, he joined Demerara Bank Limited.
Job Titles:
- Banker
- Managing Director, GAMBI
Richard Isava, a career banker for over 25 years, has worked primarily in Trinidad and Tobago. His experience covers a wide range of sectors, including commercial banking, insurance, asset management and brokerage. For the past 8 years he's headed the Guyana Americas Merchant Bank. During this time, he also served as the Executive Director for affiliate commercial bank, GBTI, from 2018 to 2021. He is also a director of GBTI.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Managing Director of Republic Bank ( Guyana ) Limited
Stephen Grell was appointed Managing Director of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on April 26, 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Grell served as Vice President -Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory at Citibank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited.
Mr. Grell was also: Manager, Investment Banking Division, Republic Bank Limited; Managing Partner/Portfolio Manager, Gracchi Capital Partners LLP; and Senior Investment Manager, Hartmann Capital Limited.
Mr. Grell holds a BA in Economics from Florida International University and an MSc. in Finance from the Florida International University - Chapman School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Founding Member
- Banker
- Managing Director, Trust Company Ltd
Chandra Gajraj is a highly experienced career banker with over 40 years in the industry. She first joined Royal Bank Trust Company (Guyana) Limited, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada. Up to 1984, Ms. Gajraj was first Administrative Officer then Senior Trust Officer. The Company changed ownership in 1984 and was renamed Trust Company (Guyana) Limited. Ms. Gajraj was appointed General Manager in 1986 and subsequently Managing Director.
Ms. Gajraj is a founding member of the private sector team which formed and incorporated Demerara Bank Limited in 1992. Since its inception, she has served as the Corporate Secretary/Director. Ms. Gajraj is a member of the Board of the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc. (GASCI) which is Guyana's stock exchange. She also serves on the Board of Diamond Fire and General Insurance Inc. and as General Secretary of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha.
Job Titles:
- Country Manager, Scotia Bank Guyana
Nafeeza Gaffoor's career at Scotiabank spans over 20 years, with seven (7) years spent in Ontario, Canada. She has held substantive positions within Scotiabank Guyana including: Branch Manager and Manager of Retail and Small Business Banking. Ms. Gaffoor is an experienced Sales Coach, particularly for the Small Business banking sector, in which she was active for eight (8) years in Guyana.
Job Titles:
- Branch Manager for Several of Scotiabank
- Member of the Association
Ms. Gaffoor is a member of the Association of Business Executives, U.K. and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of London.