Timothy N.J. Antoine

Governor,

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Mr. Timothy N. J. Antoine, a national of Grenada, assumed duties as the third Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on 1 February 2016.

Mr. Antoine is an economist and development practitioner by training, experience and passion. He holds a BSc Degree in Economics with Management from the University of the West Indies and an MSc Degree in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries from the London School of Economics.

Before assuming the office of Governor, Mr. Antoine had a 22-year distinguished career with the Government of Grenada. For much of that time (14 years), he served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.

He is the recipient of The Order of Grenada Gold Award for Excellence (2016). He has also been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by St. George’s University for services to Grenada and St. George’s University (2018).

Mr. Antoine has contributed to the development of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the wider Caribbean by serving on several regional and international boards and committees. Read more

Elsie Addo Awadzi

Deputy Governor,

Bank of Ghana

Mrs. Addo Awadzi has over 27 years of professional experience working in various capacities in Ghana and internationally in law, finance, policy and regulatory reforms, financial sector regulation, sustainable development, and public financial management, among others. She is the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, a position she has occupied since February 2018. She is the second woman to occupy the Office of Deputy Governor in the Bank of Ghana’s 66-year history.

As a staunch advocate for inclusive and sustainable finance, she chairs the Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s (AFI) Gender Inclusive Finance Committee, which provides thought leadership and guidance to the AFI network on the design and implementation of measures to close the gender gap in access to finance in developing countries. She is also a member of the Expert Leaders Group on Women’s Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy, established by the Graça Machel Trust.

Before her appointment as Deputy Governor, Elsie was Senior Counsel of the Financial and Fiscal Law Unit of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she conducted financial sector stability assessments in a number of G20 countries. Read more