Board of Directors - Belize Bank

Mr. Filippo Alario is the Chairman & CEO of the Belize Bank Limited. Mr. Alario previously held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Risk Officer of the Belize Bank where he was responsible for strategic leadership of risk management, including policy setting, governance and reporting.

Throughout his banking career, Mr. Alario has held several executive management positions at leading international and regional financial institutions in the Caribbean. He has a wealth of experience in the areas of Corporate and Investment Banking, Capital Market, Risk Management, and Compliance.

Mr. Michael Coye

Belize

Executive Director

Michael Coye was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Belize Bank in 2014, a role in which he oversees the planning and financial reporting, as well as financial management and regulatory reporting.

Mr. Coye joined the Belize Bank in 1993 and has served in various capacities including Financial Controller. Prior to joining the Belize Bank group, Mr. Coye was a Senior Auditor with the public accounting firm of Price Waterhouse in Belize.

A graduate of Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Coye has a degree in Accounting and holds a Masters of Accountancy from Arizona State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts, as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Belize.

Ms. Geraldine Davis Young

Belize

Independent Non-Executive Director*

Ms. Davis-Young joined the Board Directors of The Belize Bank Limited in 2008. She has over 25 years of experience in the financial and public revenue sectors.

A former Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit and Commissioner of Inland Revenue for Belize, Ms. Davis-Young also acted as the local consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank during several years including on the implementation of the General Sales Tax in Belize. From 2010 to 2016, Ms. Davis-Young worked in California with H&R Block as a certified Tax Preparer.

Mrs. Davis-Young holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University (JFK School of Government) and a Certificate in International Taxation from Harvard Law School. She also received a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Belize and has received numerous trainings in Taxation and Revenue related matters.

Dr. Ydahlia Metzgen

Belize

Independent Non-Executive Director*

Dr. Metzgen 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 Gold; and at the Central Bank of Barbados as a senior economist.

Dr. Metzgen has published reports on Belize’s economy and financial sector, most recently a United Nations-financed study examining the impact of the loss of correspondent banking relationships on Belize and other Caribbean countries. Dr. Metzgen 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 also a non-executive director of CIHL and Belize Bank International Limited.

Amb. A. Joy Grant

Belize

Independent Non-Executive Director*

Ambassador Grant served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Belize from 2016 to 2021. Prior to this, she served as the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit. She served as Ambassador to Brussels, several European countries, and the European Commission before returning to Belize to take up her appointment to the Senate and as the Minister of Energy, Science and Technology and Public Utilities.

She served in this capacity from 2012 to 2015. She was awarded the honorary title of commander of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) for service to Belize in 2020. Ambassador Grant holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of Alberta, Canada.