ECCB 2021-2022 Annual Report and Statement of Accounts

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Organisational Effectiveness and Development

S.T.A.R Awards Through its S.T.A.R. Awards, the ECCB recognises and celebrates individuals, teams and departments which exemplify the Bank’s mantra of: Service Excellence, Teamwork and Truth Telling, Accountability and Results. The 2021 Awards recognised staff who amid the challenges faced by the pandemic went above and beyond the call of duty and provided exceptional service during the year, while rising to the Governor’s challenge to be: competent yet caring; prudent but proactive; and imaginative and industrious. The awards were presented during the 2021 ECCB Campus Lighting and Awards on 6 December. Individual S.T.A.R. Award

To be considered for this Award, awardees met one of the following criteria: • Demonstrated the ECCB spirit by actively volunteering and supporting campus initiatives; • Enhanced the image of the Bank by acting as an ambassador for the ECCB as a great place to work, learn and grow;

• Made contributions that were above and beyond regular job duties; and • Promoted a work environment that is respectful, collegial and supportive.

The recipient of the 2021 ECCB Spirit Award was Liane Irish-Wade, Bank Supervision Department.

Impact Award The Impact Award is conferred on staff members or teams who have developed, revised or implemented a system, tool, process, initiative or programme within their departments or across the Bank, which has a positive impact. Two individuals and one team received the 2021 Award: Individual Impact Award Recipients • Samora Cherebin - Statistics Department • Kelshia Carrette – Human Resources Department Team Impact Award Recipients The 16-member Fintech Working Group captured the team award in recognition for their work with partners to launch DCash, the digital version of the EC currency, in five of the eight ECCB member countries.

Nine staff members were recognised for embodying the S.T.A.R mantra: 1. Nakima England – Banking and Monetary Operations Department 2. Raquel Leonce - Banking and Monetary Operations Department 3. Beverly Lugay – Research Department 4. Kareem Martin – Research Department 5. Laurel Seraphin-Bedford – Bank Supervision Department 6. Shawn Shillingford – Internal Audit Department 7. Elizabeth Wayland – Corporate Relations Department

8. Trista Williams – Human Resource Department 9. Ella Willius – Bank Supervision Department Department S.T.A.R. Award Two departments were recipients of the 2021 Department S.T.A.R. Award: Banking and Monetary Operations Department (BMOD) and the Support Services Management Department (SSMD). Spirit Award The Spirit Award is presented to staff who continuously demonstrate the ECCB spirit and/ or are excellent Bank ambassadors.

The members of the FinTech Working Group are:

• Sharmyn Powell • Sybil Welsh • Kieran St Omer • Kechewia Charles

• Liane Irish-Wade • Genelle Lake • Orin Harris • Jenielle Brathwaite

• Olivia Langhorne • Gillian Skerritt • Nazinga Modeste • Allister Hodge

• Martina Regis • Rosbert Humphrey • Karina Phillips-Somersall • Marlon Bristol

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