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BFSB launches industry awards

The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) yesterday said it had opened nominations in five categories for the 2016 Financial Services Industry Excellence Awards.

The five categories are:

  • Executive of the Year - chief executive level

  • Professional of the Year - Management or supervisory level

  • Achiever of the Year - Junior and support levels

  • Financial Services development and promotion awards

  • Mentor of the Year

Started in 2001, the Financial Services Industry Excellence Awards recognise - and pay tribute to - the persons that drive the sector.

The Awards programme is coordinated in collaboration with the Professional Industry Association Working Group (PIAWG), and this year’s Gala Awards Dinner will be held on Friday, November 18, at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort.

The nominations guidelines and forms are available at the BFSB. The deadline for submissions is September 30.

A Blue Ribbon Panel will be meeting after the nominations deadline to select the 2016 recipients, who will be revealed at The Gala Awards Dinner.

Special Awards will also be presented in the following categories

  • The ‘BFSB Appreciation Award’ for consistent support to the organisation, and its development and promotional activities

  • The ‘Minister’s Award’, “recognising excellence in financial services”.

  • A Lifetime Achievement Award for long service and substantial contribution to the industry.

The following persons were recognised for their contribution in 2015:

  1. Lifetime Achievement Award: Betty Roberts, president, First Trust Bank

  2. Executive of the Year: Denise Curry Turnquest, senior vice-president, credit risk, Commonwealth Bank

  3. Mentor of the Year: Franklyn Thomas, senior manager, consumer lending, Commonwealth Bank

  4. Professional of the Year: Andrea Azeez Quant, vice-president of banking and finance, The Winterbotham Trust Company

  5. Achiever of the Year: Lorca Bowe, risk officer, business risk department, UBS Trustees (Bahamas)

  6. Student of the Year: Dava Bullard, BBA Accounting, now staff accountant at Ernst & Young

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