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Biography

Aiandra E. Knights was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the ECAMC on August 1, 2021. She previously served as the ECAMC’s Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary and held that position from the organisation’s commencement of operations in 2017 until her appointment as CEO. Aiandra also served as the ECAMC’s Acting CEO from December 2020 to July 2021.

Aiandra is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus and the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad. Shortly after qualifying as an attorney in 2002, she commenced her legal career in banking as Legal Counsel at the National Bank of Dominica. For nine years from 2007, Aiandra served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to The Bank of Nevis Limited and the Bank of Nevis International Ltd. In this capacity she advised the Banks in relation to securitisation matters, regulatory issues, and a broad range of operational matters. As General Counsel, Aiandra spearheaded the Banks’ debt collection efforts in conjunction with the Recoveries Department, conducting approximately 90% of the Banks’ litigation in this regard in both the Magistrates Court and the High Court.

Aiandra is firmly committed to advancing the interests of the banking sector in the region and is an ardent proponent of amalgamation of the indigenous banks within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (“ECCU”). To this end, she served as Corporate Secretary to the Eastern Caribbean National Bank, an entity set up by the indigenous banks in 2013 to lead the way forward with respect to amalgamation.

• Aiandra is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus.
• she served as Corporate Secretary to the Eastern Caribbean National Bank.
• she advised the Banks in relation to securitisation matters, regulatory issues.