Board of Management

The DIC Board of Management is appointed by the Minister of Finance and shall consist of a complement of five (5) members including :-

  • Two members representing the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
  • One member representing the Minister of Finance
  • Two members who have knowledge and experience in banking, commerce, finance, accounting, insurance or law.

In addition, an alternate is appointed for each member.

 

Current Board Members

Mr. Jwala Rambarran Governor, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago - Director

Mr. Rambarran was appointed to the position of Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago on July 17, 2012.

Mr. Rambarran is no stranger to the Central Bank having worked with the Bank for approximately fourteen (14) years. During his tenure at the Bank, he represented Trinidad and Tobago as Technical Assistant in the Office of the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2003. In the IMF, Trinidad and Tobago is part of a constituency that includes Brazil, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Panama and Suriname.

Mr. Rambarran left the Bank in March 2004 to assume the position of Chief Economist at Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB) before he embarked on his own business, CAP-M Research. He was currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) and a member of the National Commission for Higher Education. Mr. Rambarran is a former Fatima College student and a past Government Scholar having attained a scholarship in 1987.

He holds a BSc Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus and a MSc (Honours) Degree in Financial Economics from the University of London. Mr. Rambarran is also a Graduate of executive economic and financial training programmes from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the IMF Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Most recently, Mr. Rambarran was recognized by the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, as one of the 50 Distinguished Alumnus in celebration of the Campus’ 50th anniversary celebrations.


Ms. Saleema Nazia Hosein - Director

Ms. Saleema Nazia Hosein, though coming from a business background at Holy Faith Convent, Couva, went on to obtain a Bachelors of Law (LL.B) graduating with Honours from the University of the West Indies in 2006.

As part of her training at the Hugh Wooding Law School, she worked at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (South) under the esteemed Mr. Roger Gaspard, DPP of Trinidad and Tobago. She also worked as a trainee at the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission and was thereafter enrolled on the list of Attorneys at Law in 2008.

Ms. Hosein has been in private practice since becoming an Attorney at Law and has been managing her own practice for over a year. Her main areas of practice are Civil, Conveyancing, Family and Criminal Law.

 

Mr. Vickram Joadsingh - Director

Mr. Vickram Joadsingh is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Joadsingh has over a decade of internal audit service experience at a Big 4 Audit firm, was a former Chief Financial Officer of a local bank, was a former Chief Audit Executive at a special purpose state entity and at present is the Head Internal Auditor at a leading $20 Billion dollar financial institution.

At the DIC, Mr. Joadsingh was appointed to the Board of Management on November 3, 2011 and at present he is also a member of its Audit Committee.

 

Mrs. Michelle Durham-Kissoon

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