Ke­ston How­ell is the new ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor of the Bankers’ As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (BATT).

How­ell has re­placed Kel­ly Bute-Seaton, who served in the role over the past ten years.

In a news re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, BATT thanked Bute-Seaton for her in­valu­able con­tri­bu­tion to­wards the growth and de­vel­op­ment of the as­so­ci­a­tion and ex­tend­ed best wish­es in her fu­ture en­deav­ours.

The as­so­ci­a­tion said it was look­ing for­ward to con­tin­ued progress un­der How­ell’s lead­er­ship.

BATT said, “Mr How­ell brings to BATT more than three decades of lead­er­ship ex­pe­ri­ence across the fi­nan­cial ser­vices sec­tor, with a dis­tin­guished ca­reer span­ning bank­ing, in­sur­ance, in­vest­ments, cap­i­tal mar­kets and wealth man­age­ment.

Pri­or to join­ing BATT, Mr How­ell served in se­nior roles with­in ma­jor fi­nan­cial in­sti­tu­tions and ac­tive­ly con­tributed to in­dus­try de­vel­op­ment through his in­volve­ment with key sec­tor bod­ies, in­clud­ing the Se­cu­ri­ties Deal­ers As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad & To­ba­go (SDATT) and the As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad & To­ba­go In­sur­ance Com­pa­nies (AT­TIC).”

BATT said his work with these or­gan­i­sa­tions has strength­ened his un­der­stand­ing of the in­ter­con­nect­ed­ness of the fi­nan­cial ser­vices sec­tor and po­si­tioned him as a re­spect­ed ad­vo­cate for trans­par­ent, re­spon­si­ble, and con­sumer-cen­tred fi­nan­cial ser­vices.

The re­lease ex­plained that as ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor, How­ell will lead BATT’s strate­gic ini­tia­tives to deep­en pub­lic en­gage­ment, en­hance fi­nan­cial lit­er­a­cy, pro­mote re­vi­tal­i­sa­tion and di­ver­si­fi­ca­tion of the na­tion­al econ­o­my, cham­pi­on so­lu­tions that fa­cil­i­tate the ease of do­ing busi­ness and pro­mote the con­tin­ued mod­erni­sa­tion of the fi­nan­cial sys­tem via dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion.