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 / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Borrowing Member
Antigua and Barbuda / Saint 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 / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Borrowing Member
Grenada / Saint 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
Mr. Pierre Marie Du Meny
Minister
Ministry of Economy and Finances

Ministry of Economy and Finances
5, Avenue Charles Summer
Port-au-Prince
HAITI

+ (509) 3818-4444
Brazil
Non-Borrowing Member
Brazil
Director
Mr. Marcos Machado Guimarães
Director
Department for Development Finance

Ministry of Economy

Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco K, 8º andar, sala 809 - Bairro Zona Cívico-Administrativa

CEP 70040-906 - Brasília/DF

+55 61 2020-4827
Alternate Director
Mr. Eduardo Rolim de Pontes Vieira
General Coordinator of Regional Development Institutions
Secretariat for International Economic Affairs

Ministry of Economy

Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco K, 8º andar, sala 809 - Bairro Zona Cívico-Administrativa

CEP 70040-906 - Brasília/DF

eduardo.rolim@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
Mr. José De Luna Martínez
Head of Public Credit Unit

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit 
Insurgentes Sur 1971,
Torre III, Piso 7,
Col. Guadalupe Inn, 
C.P. 01020, 
Mexico City
MEXICO

+52 (55) 3688 1293
jose_deluna@hacienda.gob.mx
Alternate Director
Mrs. Brenda Guadalupe Ciuk Cano
General Director of the International Financial Institutions

Ministry of Finance and Public Credit 
Insurgentes Sur 1971,
Torre III, Piso 3,
Col. Guadalupe Inn, 
C.P. 01020, 
Mexico City
MEXICO

+52 (55) 3688 1293
brenda_ciuk@hacienda.gob.mx
Venezuela
Non-Borrowing Member
Venezuela
Director
Mr. Agustin Enrique Leon Navas
Executive Manager of International Cooperation and Financing
Economic and Social Development Bank (BANDES)

Avenida Universidad
Traposos a Colon
Torre Bandes
Caracas 1010
VENEZUELA

+ 58 (212) 505 8779
aleon@bandes.gob.ve
Alternate Director
Mrs. Mariangelina Urbina
Executive Manager
Economic and Social Development (BANDES)

Av. Universidad
Traposos a Colón
Torre Bandes
Caracas 1010
VENEZUELA

+ 58 (212) 505 8725
murbina@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
Director
Mr. Christian Thiel
Director for Germany
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

c/o The World Bank
1818 H Street NW
Room MC 11-125, Mail Stop MC 11-1109
Washington D.C 20433
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

+ (202) 458-1182
+ (202) 522-0222
cthiel@worldbank.org
Italy
Non-Borrowing Member
Italy
Alternate Director
Ms. Laura Palma
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
laura.palma@mef.gov.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