Turks and Caicos Names New Director of Financial Services Commission

By: - December 3rd, 2012

Above: TCI

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Anthony Arthur Roberts has been named the new director of the Turks and Caicos Financial Services Commission.

Roberts, who has 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, has previously served as a consultant for one of Belgium’s largest insurance companies, Assurances Generales.

The move marks the first time that an experienced actuary has been appointed to the Commission’s board, according to Kevin Higgins, managing director of the commission.

He will join the Board of the commission early this month for its annual general meeting in Providenciales.

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