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Mr. Ian R. De Souza appointed as Chairman of the Salaries Review Commission

Dec 7, 2024

Mr. Ian R. De Souza appointed as Chairman of the Salaries Review Commission

Mr. Ian R. De Souza took the Oath of Office to be appointed as a Chairman of the Salaries Review Commission before Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, at a ceremony at the Office of the President, on December 7, 2024.

Mr. Ian R. De Souza has a wealth of experience in the Finance and Banking industry and is the Principal Advisor at Advice Financial Company Limited.

After achieving a Bachelor Of Science in Economics in 1982 from The University of the West Indies, he went on to gaining a diploma in Management Studies and an Executive MBA in 1999. After working for two years as Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Banking at Citibank Trinidad and Tobago Limited, Mr. De Souza moved to various executive positions in the Republic Bank Group, first in the Dominican Republic and later in Barbados, becoming the Group Executive Director in 2016.

Having participated in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and having become a Chartered Professional Accountant in 2011, a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor in 2013 and a holder of a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination from 2019, Mr. De Souza entered the academic world as a Professor of Practice, Banking and Finance and the Executive Director & CEO of the Cave Hill School of Business & Management.

Following a brief stint as Interim CEO of Capita Financial Services Incorporated, Mr. De Souza is now the Managing Director of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited. He is also a member of the Board of ANSA Merchant Bank (Barbados) Limited and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Retail Sector Advisory Council of ANSA McAL Limited. Outside his professional obligations, Mr. De Souza has served as Chairman of the Board of the Maple Leaf International School and has been a member of the Board of the St. Dominic’s Children’s Home.

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