Re­pub­lic Fi­nan­cial Hold­ings Ltd (RFHL) yes­ter­day an­nounced the ap­point­ment of Richard S. Sam­my as group pres­i­dent and CEO of the fi­nan­cial ser­vices group and pres­i­dent and man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of Re­pub­lic Bank Ltd, with ef­fect from Jan­u­ary 1, 2027.

The dis­clo­sure was pub­lished on the Trinidad and To­ba­go Stock Ex­change web­site yes­ter­day and signed by group gen­er­al coun­sel and cor­po­rate sec­re­tary Kim­ber­ly Erri­ah-Ali. The no­tice was dat­ed Jan­u­ary 30, 2026.

Sam­my will re­place Nigel Bap­tiste, who has held the po­si­tion of pres­i­dent of RFHL and man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of Re­pub­lic Bank Lim­it­ed since 2016.