President of BIBA, the Association for Global Business, Marlon Yarde, has commended the Government for initiating a “frank, solution-focused dialogue on a multi-sectoral commitment to a whole-of-country response to the sharp and deeply concerning 56 per cent increase in violent crime for 2025 thus far”.
Having been granted a second term in the post following the association’s annual general meeting on June 25 at the Marriott Courtyard in Hastings, Christ Church, Yarde has begun discussions with his fellow directors on the actionable ways in which BIBA can support the three-phased “Clear, Hold, and Build” approach articulated in discussions among the members of the Barbados Private Sector Association following Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s recent engagement of the Social Partnership to tackle this escalating problem.
Along with Yarde, the new board of directors appointed to oversee the organisation’s affairs for the 2025-2026 administrative term included first vice-president Joanna Austin, senior associate with Fraser Law; second vice-president Dionne Knight, director, actuarial, Manufacturers P&C Ltd (Manulife Re); treasurer Sabrina Maynard, partner, Clarke Gittens Farmer Attorneys-at-Law; secretary Sharalee Gittens,
general counsel, Bank of Nova Scotia Offshore Banking Unit.
The other directors are Scott Stollmeyer, vice-president, USA Risk Group; Glenna Smith, principal, Smith Compliance Consulting; Stephen Robinson, vice-president, special projects, Sagicor Life Inc.; Dwane Pitcairn, vice-president, Marsh Management Services (Barbados) Limited; Nikita Gibson, managing director, insurance operations, Geneva International; Lana Fingall, senior relationship manager and team lead,
Bank of Nova Scotia Offshore Banking Unit; amd Gayle Hutchinson, managing director, Trident Corporate Services (Barbados) Limited.
Immediate past president Jamar Arthur-Selman, general manager of Centralis (Barbados), continues to hold an ex-officio position on the board as does Carmel Haynes, executive director of BIBA.
Yarde’s priorities for BIBA over the next year include launching a comprehensive membership growth and retention strategy; expanding the organisation’s influence in green finance; driving digitisation and competitiveness; and strengthening partnerships for investment facilitation and global outreach. (PR/SC)
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