20 Jun 2014 14:19
For immediate release
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BCB HOLDINGS LIMITED ANNOUNCES DIRECTORATE CHANGE
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Belize City, Belize, June 20, 2014 - BCB Holdings Limited (London - AIM: BCB; Bermuda - BBHL) (the "Company") announces that Dr. Ydahlia Metzgen-Quemarez has been appointed as a non-executive-Director of the Company with immediate effect.
Dr. Metzgen, 61, has over 25 years' experience of working in senior financial and economic advisory roles. She worked for the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") for 20 years until May 2011 most recently as Assistant Director in their Finance Department where she managed a US$20 billion investment portfolio.
Prior to joining the IMF, Dr. Metzgen worked at Merrill Lynch as Vice President of International Credit; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York serving as Division Chief of Foreign Exchange; and at the Central Bank of Barbados as a senior economist.
Dr. Metzgen is currently a Professor at Galen University in Belize and has published reports on Belize's financial sector. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University; a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University; as well as a M.A. in Economics (with Distinction) from McGill University.
Dr. Metzgen is currently or has been a director of the following companies within the last 5 years:
BVI Limited
Ceiba Limited
Galen University*
Calico Jack's Village Limited
Protected Area Conservation Trust (PACT)
* no longer a director
There is no further information required to be disclosed under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
For further information contact:
BCB Holdings
UK +44 (0)20 7248 6700
Belize +501 227 7178
Cenkos Securities
Nicholas Wells +44 (0)20 7397 8920
Note: This and other press releases are available at the Company's web site: http://www.bcbholdings.com
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