Perrin Gayle returns to head Scotia subsidiary

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJ) has named Perrin Gayle, a former Scotiabank executive who left for rival National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB) in January 2025, managing director of Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, the group’s banking subsidiary, effective November 9, according to a statement.

Gayle left NCB on October 26, after almost two years as executive vice-president of retail banking and chief executive of the NCB Foundation. NCB said he decided to pursue another interest.

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Gayle joined Scotiabank in 2012 through its Caribbean Associate Development Programme and advanced through corporate and commercial banking roles in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. In January 2021, he became senior vice-president of retail banking at Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica, succeeding Audrey Tugwell Henry, whom the group had named president & CEO of SGJ.