CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Governor’s Harbour branch (Bahamas) and Sheraton branch (Barbados) have for the first time tied for the “Joy Callender Branch of the Year Award,” bolstering the longstanding competitively friendly relationship between two of the financial institution’s Caribbean operations.
The award was named after former CIBC FirstCaribbean Associate Director Joy Callender, who died from cancer in 2017, because, as the bank noted, she was the only employee ever “to have hoisted the ‘Branch of the Year’ trophy twice, in two different jurisdictions.”
Director of Retail Banking Mark St. Hill applauded the bank’s Retail team, saying, “It has been an incredibly difficult task to select a ‘Branch of the Year,’ considering the significant effort of both our Bahamas and Barbados Business businesses.
“I am so proud to be the leader of Team Retail.
Their response to our sales challenges and the care and concern they put into creating the right financing packages for our clients is nothing short of amazing.
I look forward to another successful year together,” St. Hill said.
“We wish to sincerely thank the 523 Retail professionals in these countries - and in particular the nine champions based at the Governor’s Harbour branch in The Bahamas and the 20 at the Sheraton branch in Barbados,” he added.
Both The Bahamas and Barbados were named “Best Bank of the Year” and “Best Retail Bank” in their respective countries in 2017 by The Banker Magazine and Global Banking and Finance Magazine respectively.
For the first time in history, CIBC FirstCaribbean awarded not one but two of its branches the distinction of “Joy Callender Branch of the Year.” They are the Governor’s Harbour branch (Bahamas) and the Sheraton branch (Barbados). L to R: Quarindo Davis, CIBC FirstCaribbean Branch Manager, Governor’s Harbour, Bahamas; Gezel Farrington, Director of Banking Retail Channels, CIBC FirstCaribbean; Mark St. Hill, Managing Director of Retail and Business Banking, CIBC FirstCaribbean; Michelle Whitelaw, Director of Retail Banking Channels (Barbados), CIBC FirstCaribbean; Colette Delaney, CEO, CIBC FirstCaribbean; and Francine Arthur, CIBC FirstCaribbean Branch Manager, Sheraton, Barbados.
About CIBC FirstCaribbean
CIBC FirstCaribbean is a relationship bank offering a full range of market leading financial services through our Corporate and Investment Banking, Retail and Business Banking and Wealth Management segments. We are located in seventeen (17) countries around the Caribbean, providing the banking services that fit our customers’ lives through approximately 3,000 employees in 68 branches and offices. We are one of the largest regionally listed financial services institutions in the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean, with over US$12 billion in assets and market capitalization of US $2 billion. We also have an office in Hong Kong. The face of banking is changing throughout the world and CIBC FirstCaribbean intends to lead these changes with the expertise, integrity and knowledge gained from banking in the Caribbean since 1836. CIBC FirstCaribbean is a member of the CIBC Group. CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial institution with 11 million personal banking and business clients. Through our three major business units - Retail and Business Banking, Wealth Management and Capital Markets - CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada with offices in the United States and around the world.
