The Bahamas Financial Services Board was inaugurated in April 1998 and officially opened its doors in July of the same year. During the last 2 1/2 years of operation, the Board has been successful in elevating the profile and enhancing the perception of The Bahamas as a leading international financial services centre – the “jurisdiction … Read More
BFSB News
International Outreach
International Advertising /Media Relations Despite the constraints of a limited budget, BFSB targeted several small, but key publications during 2000, a presence in which provided significant reach to intermediaries who typically refer business to The Bahamas. As the publications were generally small, cost of advertising was relatively inexpensive. But, as they were directed to specific … Read More
Year 2000 In Review
Barry J. Malcolm CEO & Executive Director Bahamas Financial Services Board Year-end Report To Members – 2000 Overview During 2000, The Bahamas Financial Services Board, in its third year of operation, continued the programs defined by its mandate to: -build the ‘Bahamas Brand’ within the financial services industry -promote The Bahamas as ‘The Financial Centre … Read More
New BFSB CEO & Executive Director
Wendy C. Warren Bahamas Financial Service Board Announces New CEO and Executive Director Wendy C. Warren has been named the new Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB), effective February 1, 2001. Formerly, she was a Director and Co-Founder of Cardinal International Corporation, where she was responsible for client … Read More
BFSB’S AGM 2000
Photo Caption – BFSB Directors (left to right): Gregory Cleare, Vice-Chairman, Paul Moss, Geoffrey Hooper, Pamela Klonaris, John Delaney, and Barry J. Malcolm, BFSB’s Executive Director. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BAHAMAS FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD The Annual General Meeting of the Bahamas Financial Services Board was held on Wednesday, October 4, 2000. The Agenda included presentation of … Read More
BFSB Year End Report 2000
The year end report and 2000 AGM details are now available for download using the link below:
May 2000 UK Tour
Members of BFSB’s Executive Committee will be visiting London, Jersey, and Guernsey between May 21-26. While in London, meetings have been scheduled with Leopold Joseph, Rothschild, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and S.G. Hambros. These member affiliates are hosting forums with their principals and intermediaries, providing the opportunity for BFSB to present an update on … Read More
Fall Promotional Tour
BFSB has planned a 10-day promotional trip to 4 Latin American countries, starting November 5 and continuing through to November 14. The delegation will visit Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil.
Year 2000 Plan
The BFSB Y2K plan is available for download as an Acrobat PDF file. Click the link below to download the document.
BFSB Year End Report
The year end report for 1999 is now available for visitors to download. The file is in Acrobat PDF format and can be downloaded using the link below.
The Hon. K. Peter Turnquest was born on August 22nd, 1964 in the Bahamas and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Prairie View A&M University, and his MBA from Nova Southeastern University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has been in public and private practice for over 30 years in the area of financial accounting and reporting, audit, corporate services, merges & acquisitions, receiverships and liquidations. Mr. Turnquest has had wide business experience having led international sales and manufacturing operations in several countries.
A former Attorney-General of The Bahamas and one of Her Majesty’s Queens Counsel, John’s practice concentration are financial services law and regulation, corporate governance, business restructuring & insolvency, and commercial litigation. He has also been advisor in several major acquisitions and mergers within The Bahamas, and also in acquisitions by or mergers with regional entities.
The Honourable Brent Symonette presently serves as the Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration. In May 2017, Minister Symonette was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of St. Anne’s, Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas. An alumnus of Brunel University in Middlesex, England, he graduated with a BSc (Hons.) in Law and Political Science. He is a Barrister-at-Law having been called to the Bahamas Bar in 1978. Mr. Symonette is a respected and experienced politician having served in many governmental capacities for approximately thirty (30) years. His political career began in 1987 where he was appointed to the Senate of The Bahamas serving in this capacity for two consecutive five year terms. In 2002, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Montagu Constituency. During his parliamentary career he served as Minister of Tourism and Attorney General, Deputy Leader of the Free National Movement Party (FNM), Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.
Valdez K. Russell serves as the principal of VKR Insights, a communications and reputation management agency. Throughout his professional career, Valdez has been instrumental in facilitating public relations and communication strategies to help individuals and organizations to build relationships and influence change.
Diego Zuluaga is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, where he covers financial technology and consumer credit. Before joining Cato, Zuluaga was Head of Financial Services and Tech Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. While at the IEA, he authored papers on the social value of finance, the role of offshore centers, the regulation of online platforms, and the taxation of capital income, among others. His work has been featured in print and broadcast media, such as the Times, Newsweek, and the Daily Telegraph. Zuluaga is a prolific public speaker as well as a former lecturer in economics at the University of Buckingham.
Ms. Christina R. Rolle is the Executive Director of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas, having been appointed effective 26 January 2015. Ms. Rolle has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Over the course of her career, Ms. Rolle has acted as Director and Deputy CEO for a prominent international private bank and held various senior managerial positions with local and other international institutions including Head of Trust and Fiduciary, Head of Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance and Manager of Banking Services.
Mr. James H. Smith is currently in retirement since June, 2007. Before then, he served in Parliament as a Senator and in the Cabinet of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas as the Minister of State for Finance during the period 2002 to 2007.
Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright is a partner in Callenders & Co., The Bahamas’ oldest law firm and recipient of numerous international awards of recognition including the Corporate International Global Award.
Michael Allen has professional expertise in corporate and commercial law, including derivatives law as it relates to the participation by Bahamian entities in financial derivatives transactions, real estate & development, aviation law and wealth management.
Linda Beidler-D’Aguilar joined Glinton Sweeting O’Brien as a partner in July 2015. In her practice she specializes in the structuring and creation of vehicles (including investment funds) for multinational institutional clients as well as private clients; she also advises on corporate transactions, securities law (including public and private offerings) as well as general commercial matters.
Ryan Pinder has been a partner in the law firm of Graham Thompson since January 2016. His practice areas include banking law, corporate and commercial law, investment funds, securities law, capital markets, trusts and estate planning and structuring. He specialises in financial services solutions, planning and wealth management for high net worth individuals and families, and their associated companies and businesses throughout the world.