–to also serve as Jamaica’s country representative

TARIQ Alli, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, has been appointed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department and IDB Country Representative for Jamaica.
Alli, whose appointment took effect September 1, has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, spanning debt capital markets, deal origination, syndication, and structuring.

He previously held several roles including Assistant Vice President and Vice President across various indigenous financial institutions in Trinidad & Tobago before he joined the First Citizens Group in 2011.
At the First Citizens Group, he held the positions of Head of Capital Markets and Assistant General Manager – Corporate & Investment Banking Unit.

Most recently, he served as General Manager – Corporate and Investment Banking Unit, where he had overall responsibility for the unit’s private sector, LATAM, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago and Debt Capital Markets Business Units.

Alli holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from The University of the West Indies and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School of Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.