OVERVIEW

The Board of Directors is responsible for the general policy and direction of the operations of CDB. The Board takes decisions concerning loans, guarantees and other investments by CDB, borrowing programmes, technical assistance and other operations of the Bank. It also approves the administrative budget of the Bank and submits accounts for each financial year for approval by the Board of Governors. It appoints the Oversight and Assurance Committee, consisting of five of its members, for a term of two years with the option to renew for a further two years. The Board comprises 14 Directors who represent the Regional Members of CDB and five who represent the Non-Regional members.

Directors hold office for a term of two years and are eligible for selection for a further term or terms of office. Each Director appoints an Alternate Director, who acts on his/her behalf when the Director is not present.

Current Directors

Antigua and Barbuda / St. Kitts and Nevis
Borrowing Member
Antigua and Barbuda / St. Kitts and Nevis
Belize / Anguilla / British Virgin Islands / Cayman Islands / Montserrat / Turks and Caicos Islands
Borrowing Member
Belize / Anguilla / British Virgin Islands / Cayman Islands / Montserrat / Turks and Caicos Islands
Barbados
Borrowing Member
Barbados
Director
Mr. Ian St. C Carrington
Director of Finance and Economic Affairs
Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment

Government Headquarters
St. Michael
BARBADOS

+(246) 535 5668
carringtoni@gob.bb
Alternate Director
Mrs. Nancy Headley
Permanent Secretary (Finance)
Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment

Government Headquarters
St. Michael
BARBADOS

+ (246) 535-1306
headleyn@gob.bb
The Bahamas
Borrowing Member
The Bahamas
Grenada / St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Borrowing Member
Grenada / St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Director
Mrs. Ophelia Wells-Cornwall
Permanent Secretary (Acting)
Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Physical Development

Financial Complex
The Carenage
St. George's
GRENADA

+(473) 440-2731
Guyana
Borrowing Member
Guyana
Jamaica
Borrowing Member
Jamaica
Saint Lucia / Dominica
Borrowing Member
Saint Lucia / Dominica
Director
Mr. Claudius Emmanuel
Permanent Secretary
Department of Economic Development, Transport and Civil Aviation

First Floor Financial Complex Castries
SAINT LUCIA

+ (758) 468-5825
Suriname
Borrowing Member
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago / Haiti
Borrowing Member
Trinidad and Tobago / Haiti
Adviser
Vacant
Ministry of Finance

C/o Ministry of Finance
204, Palais des Ministeres
Rue Mgr. Guilloux
Port-au-Prince
HAITI

+ (509) 462-3919
+ (509) 299-1732
Brazil
Non-Borrowing Member
Brazil
Director
Mr. Marcos Machado Guimarães
Director
Department for Development Finance

Ministry of Economy
Esplanada dos Ministerios, Block K, 8° andar 
CEP 70040-906 – Brasília/DF

+55 61 2020-4827
Alternate Director
Mr. Marcelo Aguiar Cerri
Planning and Budget Analyst
General Coordination of Relations with International Organisations

Secretariat of International Affairs 
Ministry of Planning, Development and Management 
Esplanada dos Ministerios Bloco K, 5 Andar 
CEP 70040-906 Brasilia - DF 

+55 61 2020-4876
marcelo.cerri@planejamento.gov.br
Colombia
Non-Borrowing Member
Colombia
Alternate Director
Mrs. Lina Mondragón Artunduaga
Deputy Director of Financing with Governments and Multilaterals
Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público

Carrera 8 #
Numero 6-64
Bogotá
COLOMBIA

+ (571) 381 1700
lmondrag@minhacienda.gov.co
Mexico
Non-Borrowing Member
Mexico
Director
Ms. Luciana Vanessa Camargo Jofre
Deputy Director
International Financial Affairs Unit

Ministry of Finance of Public Credit 
Insurgentes Sur 1971, Torre III, Piso 3,
Col. Guadalupe Inn, Delegación Álvaro Obregón 
C.P. 01020, 
MEXICO, D.F.

+525536882610
Luciana_camargo@hacienda.gob.mx
Alternate Director
Ms. Rocio Ledezma Rojas
International Financial Affairs Unit

Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico 
Insurgentes Sur 1971 
Torre III, Piso 3 
Col. Guadalupe Inn 
C.P. 01020, MEXICO, D.F 

+52 553 688 2610
rocio_ledezma@hacienda.gob.mx
Venezuela
Non-Borrowing Member
Venezuela
Director
Ms. Vanessa Avendaño
Executive Vice-President
Venezuela Economic and Social Development Bank (BANDES)

Avenida Universidad
Traposos a Colon
Torre Bandes
Caracas 1010
VENEZUELA

+ 58 (212) 505 8010
vavendano@bandes.gob.ve
Alternate Director
Miss Siodelys María Arredondo Ojeda
Executive Director of International Relations
Venezuela Economic and Social Development (BANDES)

Av. Universidad
Traposos a Colón
Torre Bandes
Caracas 1010
VENEZUELA

+ 58 (212) 505 8010
sarredondo@bandes.gob.ve
Canada
Non-Borrowing Member
Canada
China
Non-Borrowing Member
China
Alternate Director
Mr. Zhou Ye
Chief Representative of the Liaison Office of the People’s Bank of China and CDB’s Alternate Director for China
Embassy of the People's Republic of China

25 Foursquare
Rockley Golf & Country Club
Golf Club Road
Christ Church
BARBADOS

+ (246) 435-9702
+ (246) 435-9702
zhouye@pbc.gov.cn
Germany
Non-Borrowing Member
Germany
Italy
Non-Borrowing Member
Italy
Director
Mr. Adolfo Di Carluccio
Division Chief, Directorate for International Financial Relations
Department of the Treasury, International Financial Relations Directorate, Multilateral Development Banks Office

Ministry of Economy and Finance
Via XX Settembre 97-00187
Roma
ITALY

+ (39) 06 4761 4289
+ (39) 06 4761 0693
adolfo.dicarluccio@tesoro.it
Alternate Director
Mr. Paolo Cappellacci
Senior Advisor, Multilateral Development Banks Office, International Financial Relations
Department of the Treasury

Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Economy and Finance
00187, Via XX Settembre 97 Rome
ITALY

+ (39) 06 4761 8342
+ (39) 06 4761 0693
paolo.cappellacci@tesoro.it
United Kingdom
Non-Borrowing Member
United Kingdom
Director
Mr. Stefan Kossoff
Head, Department for International Development (DFID) Caribbean
Department for International Development Caribbean

British High Commission
Lower Collymore Rock
P.O. Box 167
Bridgetown
BARBADOS

+(246) 430-7901
+ (246) 430-7959
S-Kossoff@dfid.gov.uk