Nigel Baptiste

Republic Financial Holdings Limited
President and Chief Executive Officer


Nigel M Baptiste, a career Banker for the past thirty years, holds the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Republic Financial Holdings Limited and Managing Director of Republic Bank Limited.  Mr Baptiste holds a B.Sc.(Hons.) and M.Sc. in Economics from the University of the West Indies, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme, holds a diploma with distinction from the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking (USA) and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (England). Mr. Baptiste joined Republic Bank in 1991, after spending two years at the Caribbean Development Bank in Barbados where he was employed as a Country Economist. Prior to assuming his current position of Managing Director, he served as Deputy Managing Director and Executive Director of Republic Bank Limited, General Manager-Human Resources and Managing Director of the Group’s subsidiary in Guyana. Mr. Baptiste currently sits on the Board of the Group’s subsidiary in Guyana, Ghana, Cayman as well as various other subsidiaries in Trinidad.