Ex-CDB boss passes away

Former president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, passed away yesterday.

A Jamaican, he is credited with transforming the CDB, putting in place structural improvements and aligning it more closely with the international multilateral agencies. He was president from 2011 to 2021 and retired on April 30, 2021, subsequently leaving Barbados to return to Jamaica.

Smith first joined CDB in 1985 and was elected as the fifth president of the regional finance institution based in Barbados...