RBTT powers up Financials Holdings board

Peter J July, Group Chairman, RBTT has announced the appointment of Miguel Pourier and Brian W Young, FCA, to the Board of Directors of RBTT Financial Holdings Limited with effect from May 1, 2003. Pourier, a member of the Supervisory Board of Directors of RBTT Bank NV since September 2002, is highly regarded in the financial services sector in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. He is well known for his long and distinguished service to the Netherlands Antilles, both in the public and private sectors. His career in the public service commenced in 1962 at the National Tax Department where he held the position of Director of Taxation. He served in various ministerial positions in the Central Government and assumed the esteemed office of Prime Minister on three occasions. He has also served on many important committees dealing with constitutional, economic and administrative matters affecting the Netherlands Antilles. From 1983 to 1991 Pourier held the position of General Managing Director, ABN AMRO Bank NV in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Pourier brings to the RBTT Financial Holdings Board over 40 years of experience in public and private sector business and regional affairs.

Brian Young, a Chartered Accountant by profession, is a member of the Board of Directors of RBTT Bank Jamaica Limited. A former Senior Partner at Price Waterhouse — Jamaica, he retired in 1995 after 35 years of outstanding service. In 1996, Young was appointed to the Board of Directors of Neal & Massy Holdings Limited and simultaneously appointed the Executive Chairman of the Neal & Massy Group of companies in Jamaica, and from 1998 as Non-Executive Chairman. Young also sits on the Board of Directors of The Gleaner Company Limited, Caribbean Cement Company Limited and Trinidad Cement Company Limited. His government appointed directorships include Air Jamaica, The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica and The National Water Commission. With extensive experience in the area of privatisation, Young has been appointed as an advisor to the Jamaican Government on a number of privatisation and joint-venture programmes. He is a member of The Insitute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, the Jamaica Institute of Management and the Institute of Management Consultants of Jamaica. Young brings to RBTT Financial Holdings Board more than 37 years experience in management consultancy and senior executive roles.