Both Sides of The Coin: The Story of The Central Bank of Barbados 1972-2017

246 appointed to the other and Marlene Bayne, then a senior bank examiner, elevated to the corresponding position in Bank Supervision. On September 1, 1998, Deborah Jordan (later Griffith) also became the Bank’s first woman security officer. Calendar year 1999 was a watershed for the upward mobility of women. In November, Dr. Williams became the Bank’s fifth governor, after acting in the position for nearly seven months. The new governor had spent 26 years at the Bank and worked in three departments. Continued advancement in the new century At the end of 1999, only seven of the top 24 positions in the bank (about 29%) were held by women; the ratio increased markedly during the following 15 years or so. When Muriel Saunders retired in 1999, the position of deputy director (statistics) went to Celeste Wood. During 2000, Dr. Sonia Richards became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a year later was the first woman appointed bank secretary. Also, the position of public affairs officer, vacant since the retirement of Carl Moore at the end of 1999, was taken up by Novaline Brewster, a former reporter at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, who joined the Bank in March Left to right: Winifred Pickering, Janice Marshall and Dr. Sonia Richards. Dr. Marion Williams.