Newsday ( Trinidad and Tobago )
14 September 2022 ( Page 16 )
Trini is IDB's Caribbean GM, Jamaica country rep
TRINIDADBORN Tariq Alli, has been appointed by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) as General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department and IDB Country Representative for Jamaica as of September 1st. An IDB release on Tuesday said that Alli has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance spanning debt capital markets, deal origination, syndication, and structuring. He previously held several roles including Assistant Vice President and Vice President across various indigenous financial institutions in Trinidad and Tobago before he joined the First Citizens Group in 2011. At the First Citizens Group, he held the positions of Head of Capital Markets, Assistant General Manager Corporate & Investment Banking Unit. Most recently he served as General Manager Corporate and Investment Banking Unit where he had overall responsibility for the Unit's Private Sector, LATAM, Government of TT, and Debt Capital Markets Business Units. Alli, the release continued, holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from The University of the West Indies and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School of HeriotWatt University in ScotMAN IN CHARGE: Tariq Alli, the IDB's new Caribbean General Manager and Jamaica Country Representative. PHOTO COURTESY IDB land. The InterAmerican Development Bank was established in 1959, and is a leading source of longterm financing for economic, social, and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB also conducts cuttingedge research and provides policy advice, technical assistance, and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region