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Former President of Caribbean Development Bank, Sir Neville Nicholls Passes Away at 90
Former president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Sir Neville Nicholls, passed away at 90. His significant roles included serving as legal adviser, vice-president, and general counsel at CDB, and chair of the Barbados Fair Trading Commission.
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Former president of the Caribbean Development Bank, Sir Neville Nicholls has died.
Sir Neville’s passing on Thursday was announced a short while ago in a news release by his son Philip Nicholls.He was 90.
Sir Neville served as legal adviser when he joined the bank in 1971, shortly after its inception and was appointed vice- president and general counsel in 1975.
He was elected third president of the CDB, in 1988, taking over from the late William Demas.
In 2004, he was appointed chairman of the Barbados Fair Trading Commission.
Sir Neville also served as chair of the Cave Hill Campus Council of The University of the West Indies for more than ten years.
