Board of Directors

Tracy-Anne Bartholomew was appointed Managing Director, Republic Bank (EC) Limited (Designate), in 2023. Ms. Bartholomew brings to bear significant industry expertise in Actuarial Science, Investment and Asset Management, and General Insurance, with close to two decades serving at the senior level.
A member of Republic Bank’s managerial team since 2017, Ms. Bartholomew has served as Manager, Investments, Group Treasury, after which, Senior Manager and General Manager Group Treasury, with full responsibility for monitoring and managing the Group’s liquidity, including interest rate risk limits and liquidity risk limits.
She has also served in senior management positions at RBC Financial Bank (Caribbean) Limited and as a Senior Actuarial Analyst at Guardian Life of the Caribbean, Trinidad. Ms. Bartholomew holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Actual Techniques from The Institute of Actuaries, England; a Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Management, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Actuarial Science from City University, London, England. She also holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics (Double Major) from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

Kimberly Erriah-Ali, Group General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Republic Bank Limited and Republic Financial Holdings Limited, is an Attorney-at-Law with 20 years of experience; having received her Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of the West Indies, and her Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad. Mrs. Erriah-Ali was admitted to practice as an Attorney-at-Law in the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago in 1998. She has served as Corporate Secretary to Republic Bank subsidiaries: Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited, Republic Bank (Suriname) Limited, Republic Finance and Merchant Bank Limited and London Street Project Company Limited. She also established the Group’s Compliance Department. She is currently a Director on the Board of Republic Securities Limited, Republic Wealth Management Limited and other offshore subsidiaries of Republic Bank and also holds an external Directorship on the Board of a Telecommunications provider in Trinidad and Tobago. Mrs. Erriah-Ali holds an Master of Business Administration from the Heriot-Watt University, with electives in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Governance, is certified under the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and is a Certified Practitioner in Anti-Money Laundering from the Florida Institute of Bankers Association via Florida International University. She brings to bear a wide range of expertise in Corporate and Commercial Law, Conveyancing, Trusts, Landlord and Tenant Law, Intellectual Property, Estates, and Litigation.

Karen Yip Chuck, General Manager, Commercial and Retail Banking, has been a banker for 28 years and has served in a number of senior management positions within the Bank. She currently serves on the Boards of Stonehaven Villas Limited, Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited, Trintrust Limited, London Street Project Company Limited and the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the Heriot Watt University of Edinburgh, is a Certified Internal Auditor, and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Banking (ACIB).