


We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Savon Persad as Managing Director of ANSA Bank Limited effective January 2nd, 2025. He will report to the Managing Director of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited.
Mr. Persad brings over thirty (30) years of progressive experience within the banking sector and has spent the last twenty (20) years at Scotiabank, holding various senior executive positions, both at a local and global level.
He recently held the position of Vice President (International Banking), Retail and Business Banking, Caribbean, Central America, and Uruguay (CCAU). Savon had overall responsibility for providing strategic direction, leadership and oversight of the Retail and Business Banking business lines across eleven (11) countries in the CCAU region. Areas of direct accountability included Retail Distribution, Retail Support, Products, Pricing & Profitability, Customer Experience, Segmentation, Data Analytics, Digitization, Digital Marketing, Cards & Payments, and Contact Centers.
His experience spans across multiple disciplines of Banking including Corporate and Commercial Banking, Global Risk Management (Toronto, Canada), Branch Banking, Finance and Treasury, Trade Finance, Banking Operations and Bancassurance.
Savon also served as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scotia Life Trinidad and Tobago Limited and as a board member of Scotia Investments Trinidad and Tobago Ltd and Scotiabank (Barbados) Ltd.
In his new role, Savon will be tasked with leading the executive team at ANSA Bank Limited in executing the Company’s strategic and operational objectives.
He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) of England. Savon holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) with a Distinction in Finance and a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Economics from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.
Please join me in congratulating Mr. Savon Persad on his new appointment and welcoming him to the ANSA McAL Group.
