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BFSB Recognises Stars of the Industry at Annual Awards Gala Dinner
By Aliya Allen
Nov 23, 2015 - 7:55:50 PM

Left to Right: Pamela Musgrove, CFAL (Sponsor); Ivan Hooper, AIBT (Sponsor); Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Dominque Lefevre, Societe Generale Private Banking (Sponsor); Dava Bullard (Recipient); Sophia Thurston, CFAL (Sponsor); Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO.

Nassau, Bahamas – Tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis, Paradise Island the Bahamas Financial Services Board paid tribute to the contributions of a number of industry professionals as part of its annual quest to profile role models in the sector.

Announced as the 2015 Recipients were:

Lifetime Achievement Award:  Betty Roberts FCIB, TEP, President, First Trust Bank

·       Executive of the Year: Denise Curry Turnquest, Senior Vice-President, Credit Risk, Commonwealth Bank Limited

·       Mentor of the Year: Franklyn Thomas, Senior Manager, Consumer Lending, Commonwealth Bank Limited

·       Professional of the Year: Andrea Azeez Quant, Vice President of Banking & Finance, The Winterbotham Trust Company Limited

·       Achiever of the Year: Lorca Bowe, Risk Officer, Business Risk Department, UBS Trustees (Bahamas) Limited

 ·       Student of the Year: David Bullard BBA Accounting, now Staff Accountant at Ernst & Young

BFSB’s Chairman Prince Rahming and CEO Aliya Allen spoke to the impressive list of 24 nominees  who were finalists for the Industry Awards across the various categories, indicating their joint conviction that this augurs well for the sustainability of the sector going forward.

 

Mentor of the Year Presentation – Caption Left to Right: Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Franklyn Thomas (Recipient); Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO.

Student of the Year Presentation: Executive of the Year Presentation: Left to Right, Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Denise Turnquest(Recipient); Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO

Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award. Caption: Left to right, Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Betty Roberts, Recipient; Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO

Professional of the Year Presentation Left to right Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Andrea Azeez-Quant (Recipient); Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO

Achiever of the Year Presentation: Left to Right: Prince Rahming, BFSB Chairman; Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services; Lorca Bowe (Recipient); Aliya Allen, BFSB CEO

 

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