BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dec 4, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday announced that it had appointed Barbadian, Daniel Best, as its new president, replacing the St. Lucian-born economist, Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon, who resigned from the region’s premier financial institution earlier this year.
In a brief statement, the CDB said that the Board of Governors had named Best to be the bank’s seventh president and that “this decision, reached today, underscores the Bank’s commitment to visionary leadership and sustainable development across the Caribbean region”.
It said that Best, who holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Durham in England, as well as a Master’s degree in Construction Engineering and Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of the West Indies (UWI), “brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the region’s development challenges and opportunities.
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