2019-2020 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts

6 November 2019 Governor of the ECCB, Timothy N. J. Antoine presented the Inaugural Bank of the Year Awards to the commercial banks operating in the ECCU which exhibited commitment and service excellence to the people they serve, through their business practices and policies. TheBankof theYearAwards replaced theBest CorporateCitizenAwardsAmongECCUCommercial Banks, which the ECCB presented from 1997 to 2017. 7 November 2019 The ECCB hosted the Inaugural Conference with Financial Institutions under the theme: A Region for the Future: Charting New Pathways in an Era of Disruption. The conference replaced the Annual Commercial Banks Conference which the Bank commenced hosting in 1990. 19-21 November 2019 The ECCB, in collaboration with Caribbean Economic Research Team (CERT), hosted the 51 st Annual Monetary Studies Conference under the theme: Socioeconomic Transformation in the Caribbean: Policy Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Over 25 institutions including Central Banks and universities were represented; most of the participants were from across the Caribbean. 11 December 2019 Phase I of the ECCB Solar Canopy Project went live as the ECCB worked to reduce its carbon footprint and generate renewable energy. The project was part of the broader ECCB Greening of the Campus Initiative, which aims to achieve the Bank’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2022.

Recipients of the Inaugural ECCU Bank of the Year Awards at Ceremony, November 2019

Highlights of the Year

Governor, ECCB, Timothy N. J. Antoine (first from right) and other regional Central Bank governors as panellists at 51 st Annual Monetary Studies Conference

Senior Director, Support Services Management Department, Wayne Myers provides more information about the ECCB Greening of the Campus Initiative

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