Warren Smith is new CDB president

William Warren Smith

The new man at the helm of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) from today will be Jamaica national William Warren Smith, PhD.

Dr Warren Smith was elected at a special meeting of the CDB Board of Governors held on October 29, 2010, to succeed Dr Compton Bourne, who officially demitted office yesterday, the CDB said in a news release.

Dr Smith, who was nominated by Jamaica, had been acting in the capacity of Vice-President of Operations. Prior to taking up