Nearly 37 years after first greeting customers as a teller at Scotiabank’s Broad Street branch, branch manager of Scotiabank Haggatt Hall, Michael Stuart, stood at the bank’s entrance last Friday to say his final round of hellos.
Stuart started his career in August 1976 at Scotiabank Broad Street before moving to the then Worthing branch, also as a teller.
Over the years, he took advantage of opportunities for learning and training and moved up the ranks in the bank, serving as Assistant Scotia Plan Officer, Assistant Manager for Consumer Credit and Assistant Manager for Retail Banking. His ongoing dedication to learning also earned him his MBA at Herriott Watt University.
His work with Scotiabank took him across the Caribbean during his nearly four-decade career and he spent stints in St. Vincent, Antigua, the US Virgin Islands and Grenada, a country where he worked twice, the second time for six years between 1994 and 2000. On his return to Barbados in 2000, he moved around as manager of various Scotiabank branches, finishing at Haggatt Hall, where branch staff and colleagues gathered last Thursday to celebrate Stuart.
Managing Director of Scotiabank Caribbean East, David Noel lauded he veteran banker for his “dedication and commitment to the Scotiabank family.”
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