BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) must not view its ongoing transformation as a finite exercise but must continue to evolve once this phase is completed, so that it can respond effectively to the changing needs of the region.
Trinidad and Tobago’s minister of planning and development and current chairman of the CDB’s board of governors, Camille Robinson-Regis emphasised this point while addressing staff during an official visit to the bank.
“I would like to be certain that the bank remains dynamic and relevant. I know that you have in your arsenal, a transformation that you’re going to be following through with. But I wouldn’t like it just to be a transformation that gets to a point and then stops. It must be something that is continuing to evolve,” she stated.
Robinson-Regis’ visit comes ahead of the 49th annual meeting of CDB’s board of governors which Trinidad and Tobago is hosting in June. While at the bank, the chairman also met with CDB president, Dr Wm Warren Smith and the senior management team.
The chairman emphasised the long-standing and deep-rooted relationship between CDB and her country, which is a founding member of the bank and one of its largest shareholders.
