Board of Directors

Tracy-Anne Bartholomew was appointed Managing Director, Republic Bank (EC) Limited 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. She also serves as the Chairperson of Republic Financial Holdings Subsidiary Boards (Atlantic Financial Limited, Republic Caribbean Investments Limited, Republic (Suriname) Holdings Limited).
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 23 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 and Tobago. 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 the following Republic Bank subsidiaries: Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited, Republic Bank (Suriname) Limited, Republic Finance and Merchant Bank Limited and London Street Project Company Limited.
he also established the Group’s Compliance Department. She is currently a Director on the Board of Republic Wealth Management Limited, formerly Republic Securities Limited, Republic Trustee Services Limited formerly Republic Wealth Management Limited, Republic Bank (EC) Limited, Republic Bank (Anguilla) Limited, other offshore subsidiaries of Republic Bank and holds an external Directorship on the Board of a Telecommunications provider in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mrs. Erriah-Ali holds a Master of Business Administration from the Heriot-Watt University, with electives in Mergers and 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, Group Vice President, Republic Financial Holdings Limited and Vice President, Republic Bank Limited is a career banking professional with many years of senior management experience with the Republic Group. Ms. Yip Chuck has been a member of the Republic Bank Executive Management team since 2007, and has served as General Manager, Commercial and Retail Banking; General Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking; General Manager, Wealth Management; and General Manager, Internal Audit.
Ms. Yip Chuck holds a BSc. (Hons) Economics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and an MBA from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. A Certified Internal Auditor, she is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers UK and a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP186).
Ms. Yip Chuck is the Chairperson of the Boards of Republic Bank (EC) Limited, Republic Bank (Anguilla) Limited, and Republic Bank (St. Maarten) N.V. She is a Director for Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited and Republic Bank (Grenada) Limited. She currently serves as Director and Vice President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce; and as Director and Treasurer of the International Women's Forum of Trinidad and Tobago.