Navin Dook­er­an, CEO of the Ex­port-Im­port Bank of Trinidad and To­ba­go (Ex­im­Bank), was yes­ter­day ter­mi­nat­ed with im­me­di­ate ef­fect, Guardian Me­dia has learned. No of­fi­cial rea­son for his sud­den de­par­ture was pro­vid­ed.

Dook­er­an, who had served as CEO for six and a half years, re­spond­ed briefly when con­tact­ed, say­ing, “I am proud of what we ac­com­plished dur­ing my tenure, and I wish the best for the in­sti­tu­tion and the coun­try.”

At­tempts by Guardian Me­dia to ob­tain clar­i­fi­ca­tion from Min­is­ter of Fi­nance Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo and Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Fi­nance Kennedy Swarats­ingh on the rea­sons be­hind the ter­mi­na­tion and the ap­point­ment of an act­ing CEO were un­suc­cess­ful.