November 2015


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A finance professional, Mrs. Andrea Taylor-Hanna, has been appointed the new Campus Bursar at The UWI St. Augustine Campus. Mrs. Taylor-Hanna has more than 35 years of experience from several industries, including auditing, manufacturing and banking and finance. She takes over from Ms. Joy Patricia Harrison who had been Campus Bursar from February 2013.

Mrs. Taylor-Hanna is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants of England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago. She holds a diploma in Financial Management from the University of Manchester as well as a Masters in Human Resource Management from The UWI’s Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business. Speaking on her appointment, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal of The UWI St. Augustine, Professor Clement Sankat said “We are looking to our new Campus Bursar to build an information-driven, customer-focused Bursary for our staff, students and external stakeholders, while providing the leadership to facilitate the management of the Campus’ finances, now and in the future.”

Mrs. Taylor-Hanna joined the Republic Bank Group in 1994 at the Trust and Asset Management Division and was instrumental in launching the Bank’s suite of mutual funds, as well as managing the investment portfolio for the Trust’s wide range of pension plans and personal investment products. In 2002, she assumed the post of General Manager of Planning and Financial Control with responsibility for the Bank’s financial reporting, budgeting and strategic planning. Mrs. Taylor-Hanna later assumed the position of General Manager of Internal Audit at the Bank, a portfolio under which she was responsible for the systematic, disciplined approach to evaluating and improving the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance of the Republic Bank Group. In 2012, she reassumed the position of General Manager of Planning and Financial Control at the Bank prior to her retirement. A wife and mother of three sons, she has a passion for educating others on budgeting and saving.