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Keisha Hill
Senior Gleaner Writer
A
UDREY
TUGWELL
Henry, has had a
very long and illustrious
career in banking. Today,
she has returned ‘home’ to
her current role as vice-
president, Retail Banking
Scotia Group, a role she
assumed last September,
after stepping down as the
senior general manager of the
Retail Banking Division at the
National Commercial Bank
(NCB).
The Montegonian previously
served as senior vice-president of
Retail and Electronic Banking for
the Scotia Group, a post she held
until May 2008.
Tugwell Henry’s foray in banking
began in 1987, when she worked as
a teller at Mutual Security Bank.
With a master of business
administration in general
management and a bachelor of
science from the University of the
West Indies, along with a diploma
in education from Church Teachers
College, Tugwell Henry’s first
profession was a teacher. It was
while she was on her way to her
teaching job at the Herbert
Morrison Comprehensive High
School, that Henry stopped at the
bank to enquire about a teller
vacancy. That same
day, she walked through the door with
a firm job offer. With no background
in business when she started, Tugwell
Henry was eager to soak up
everything about business education.
In her career, Tugwell Henry has
never held a post in which she hasn’t
given her all. Which will explain why
she is so respected in the industry. She
has operated asan executive over the
last 15 years during some of the most
challenging times in the industry. She
has led the transformation in a
number of areas in lending, self-
service banking and SMEs.
When not behind her desk,
Tugwell Henry keeps busy
having chaired JETS
(MultiLink) and sat on
several boards (NCBIC, NCB
UK).
Education’s loss has been a
gain for the banking
industry. Despite the rigours,
demands, and challenges,
she knew that banking
would play an important role
in her future – and it has.
Today, she knows more about
banking than anything else,
making her an outstanding
woman in the financial
industry and very
‘Distinguished’.
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THE GLEANER’S FLAIR MAGAZINE • MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2018
D
istinguished
THE
Business
Audrey
Tugwell
Henry
A plus for the banking industry