( L - R ) Williams, Lopez

Debra Lopez has resigned as vice-president and head of the Wealth Management and Distribution unit of NCB Capital Markets Limited (NCBCM), effective November 30.

She will, however, be proceeding on leave at the end of the month, September 30, coinciding with the wrap-up of the brokerage's financial year.

"Debra has been a valued member of our senior management team over the last three years and we are indeed disappointed to see her go," said managing director Christopher Williams.

Lopez joined the company in February 2003.

Williams has no immediate plans to fill the vacancy created. Instead, the wealth division will report directly to his office.

Years of experience

Lopez boasts seven years experience in the financial services sector, starting out an accounting executive in the corporate banking division of Westpac Banking Corporation in New Zealand.

Prior to joining NCB Capital Market, which manages more than $50 billion on behalf of its clients, she was assistant vice-president and branch manager for investment bankers Dehring, Bunting and Golding.

She is credited as being a driving force behind the 'successful' design and implementation of the sales distribution model for NCBCM, and had become a familiar face on the road at the company's investors briefings.

"It has been a genuine pleasure working for NCB Capital Markets," she told Wednesday Business.

"I have enjoyed working with the company's fine staff of professionals, and I will miss my associations here."

Lopez, however, was reluctant to speak of her immediate plans saying she would do so closer to the effective date of her resignation. Hers is just the latest in a series of resignations from several financial institutions, recently, including Lissant Mitchell of Pan Caribbean Financial Services and Robert Clarke of the Capital and Credit Financial Group.

Williams said he was confident that Lopez had left him a great team.

"We are confident that the competent team of client relations officers and wealth advisors that she has helped to develop will continue building our legacy of striving diligently to meet the needs of our clients," he said.

sabrina.gordon@gleanerjm.com