A former banker with over 30 years of corporate, commercial and retail banking experience, Minna Israel has held senior executive positions, serving as President & Country Head of RBTT/RBC Royal Bank (Jamaica); Managing Director of Scotiabank (Bahamas) Limited; and Deputy President & CEO Scotiabank Jamaica. She has extensive Board service experience, gaining a strong understanding of a wide variety of businesses. She currently serves on the boards of First Global Bank, Cari-Med Group, Jamaica Public Service Company, Stanley Motta Limited, the Mona School of Business & Management, Quadrant Home Developers Ltd, and is a member of the Rating Committee of CariCRIS. Ms. Israel is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Human Resource Committee of the Board.
Ms. Israel holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the Western University, Canada, and a BSc Degree in Management Studies from UWI, where she was also awarded a UWI Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2011.