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Speaker Bio: Suresh Sookoo   [Speeches]

Suresh Sookoo is a distinguished banker with more than 30 years of experience in banking and the financial services industry. Mr. Sookoo began his career as a teller at the then Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in 1974. Over three decades, he has worked his way to become the RBTT Financial Group’s Chief Executive Officer, leading an Executive Management Team that is charged with RBTT’s strategic direction and performance.

RBTT is a leading diversified financial services Group operating in 13 jurisdictions in the Caribbean and Central America, from Jamaica in the north to Suriname in the south and Costa Rica in the west. The Group comprises 34 subsidiaries and associate companies, offering a comprehensive range of financial services.

Mr. Sookoo’s experience in banking and finance includes Corporate and Consumer Banking, Risk Management and Finance. Throughout his career, he has held several senior managerial positions including Group Director – Risk Management and Finance, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of RBTT Bank Limited and Group Chief Operating Officer of RBTT Financial Holdings Limited. He has played critical roles in transforming the performance of several of the Group’s business and functional Units.

In his role as Group CEO, Mr. Sookoo sits on several RBTT Boards including RBTT Financial Holdings Limited and serves as Chairman of the Boards of RBTT Bank Limited, RBTT Trust Limited, RBTT Merchant Bank Limited, RBTT Bank N.V., RBTT Bank International N.V., RBTT Bank Aruba N.V., and RBTT Bank Jamaica Limited.

He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Management Studies and an Executive Masters in Business Administration (Distinction) from the University of the West Indies. He has attended several American Management Association programmes in Leadership and Executive Management, as well as programmes in Corporate Finance at New York Institute of Finance and Stanford University.

 


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