Marlon Yarde

Barbados Stock Exchange Inc. & Barbados Central Securities Depository Inc.
Managing Director


Marlon E. Yarde has been with the Barbados Stock Exchange Inc (BSE) and its subsidiary, the Barbados Central Securities Depository Inc. (BCSDI) since November 1, 2003. He currently holds the position of Managing Director of the BSE and the BCSDI effective March 31, 2016.

Mr. Yarde has played a key role in many of the significant developments at the BSE over his seventeen-year tenure. These include, most recently, the BSE’s demutualization in December of 2015, the launch of the International Securities Market (ISM) in March of 2016 and the designation of the BSE as a ‘Recognised Stock Exchange’ by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the UK in April 2019.

Mr. Yarde, an accountant by profession, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (member since May 1996) and a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants Association of Canada (member since June 1995).

Mr. Yarde holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B) from the University of Huddersfield in the UK and a Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) in Securities Law from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, Canada. He also holds the Fellowship designation (FCIS) from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) in Canada.