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members round-up GRENADA Grenada Co-operative Bank Ltd. Managing Director: Mr. Richard W. Duncan # 8 Church Street, PO Box 135, St. George’s, Grenada Tel: [phone] EXT 6222 Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.grenadaco-opbank.com Grenada Co-operative Bank Limited, often referred to as “Co-op Bank”, was established in 1932 out of a dire need for a bank that could provide service to the working class and the small business owners. Seizing the opportunity, the Bank began operations from a single unit in St. George’s. Today, the bank has over (160) members of staff offering a full range of commercial services at (5) Retail Banking Units and (10) ATMs and through its Banking service. Grenada Co-operative Bank Limited aims “To be the leading Grenadian provider of high quality financial and related services to individuals and organisations in local and international markets, maximising benefits for all stakeholders.” The bank recognises that when it comes to finances, a caring and understanding relationship is everything. As at September 2014 the audited asset base was US$242 million. Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd. Managing Director: Mr Keith Johnson Republic House, Grand Anse, PO Box 857, St. George’s, Grenada Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.republicgrenada.com Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited, formerly The National Commercial Bank of Grenada Limited, was established in October 1979 with the first branch in Grenville, St. Andrew. During the ensuing decade the Bank expanded its network across the tri-island State of Grenada. A subsidiary of Trinidad-based parent company Republic Bank Limited since 1992, the Bank changed its name and re-branded in April 2006 when it adopted the Republic Bank Brand. On June 25th 2008 the Bank became the first Grenadian corporation to list its shares on the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange (ECSE). The Bank is committed to providing personalised, efficient and competitively priced financial services and implementing sound policies that redound to the benefit of customers, staff and shareholders. It has a wide-distribution channel which includes Internet Banking, Telephone Banking and (11) ATMs. The Bank has consistently received Good Corporate Citizen Awards, including the ECCB’s Best Corporate Citizen Award among commercial banks in the OECS in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2013. Staffed by (240) employees, the Bank had an audited asset base of US$299.3 million as at September 2014. GUYANA Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) (Honourary Member) Secretary General: H.E Irwin LaRocque CAB Rep: Mrs. Enid Bissember Deputy Programme Manager, Economic Policy PO Box 10827, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.caricom.org In 1972, Commonwealth Caribbean leaders at the 7th Heads of Government Conference decided to transform the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) into a Common Market and establish the Caribbean Community, of which the Common Market would be an integral part. The signing of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community, Chaguaramas, 4th July 1973, was a defining moment in the history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Although a free-trade area had been established, CARIFTA did not provide for the free movement of labour and capital, or the coordination of agricultural, industrial and foreign policies. The Community has the following objectives: (a) improved standards of living and work; (b) full employment of labour and other factors of production; (c) accelerated, coordinated and sustained economic development and convergence; (d) expansion of trade and economic relations with third States; (e) enhanced levels of international competitiveness; (f) organisation for increased production and productivity; (g) the achievement of a greater measure of economic leverage and effectiveness of Member States in dealing with 3rd States, groups of States and entities of any description; (h) enhanced co-ordination of Member States’ foreign economic policies; and (i) enhanced functional co-operation. Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. Managing Director: Mr. Eton M. Chester BSc 201 Camp & Charlotte Streets, Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana Tel: [phone]