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

Chapter 5: Some Notable Developments 247 2001. Starting in September 2002, Denny Lewis- Bynoe, Senior Economist, spent a year in the office of the executive director for the Caribbean at the IMF; all of the previous representatives from the Bank had been men. When the post of assistant director was established in 2003, the first appointees were all women. Patricia Forde-Blanchard, a recruit from the private sector became the first woman to be appointed director of internal audit in 2005, replacing Brian Greene. In the same year Octavia Gibson was promoted to the vacant position of deputy director with responsibility for currency. A year later, Julia Weekes was appointed director of the Banking, Currency and Investments Department on the retirement of Victor Springer. It was in 2007 that Angolyn Kirton became deputy financial controller, a position last held by Anderson Best. Michelle Doyle-Lowe was promoted to deputy director in the Banking and Currency Department in 2008, appointed adviser in 2011 and, in 2016, became the first woman to manage the READ. After Hensley Sobers retired in 2008, Janis Marville became the first woman to be appointed director of human resources, in 2009. Calendar 2010 was a good year for women in the Bank: Marlene Bayne was appointed director of bank supervision, replacing Cleviston Haynes, and the vacant post of deputy director in that department was filled by Cheryl Greenidge. Celeste Wood was promoted from deputy director to adviser and Sheryl Peter-Gooding (later Peter-Kirton) appointed deputy director in READ. During 2011 Debbie Briggs became a deputy director in Banking, Currency and Investments and in 2012 Sadie Dixon was promoted from legal officer to legal counsel. By the end of 2016, women were confirmed as director in five out of nine departments and another was acting as bank secretary. Four woman employees were at the level of deputy director and two departments (Bank Supervision, and Banking, Currency and Investments), had all-woman management teams. In addition, one of the two adviser positions and six of the eight assistant director positions were held by women. Sadie Dixon.