Ryan Bahadur

BSc (Hons.) CAMS, FRM

Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer, Cayman National Corporation

Ryan is a career banker with 20 years of banking and regulatory experience. His career started with Republic Bank Limited, Trinidad & Tobago, and over the years he has served various financial institutions at senior levels. Among his appointments have been Director, Risk, CIBC with responsibility for governance, market, credit, liquidity and operational risk; Compliance Manager, Royal Bank of Canada, overseeing trust, captive insurance, mutual fund, private banking and security brokerage business lines; and Deputy Head of Banking Supervision,  Cayman Islands Monetary Authority with direct responsibility for the Basel II implementation in the Cayman Islands. He has also consulted for financial services companies throughout the Caribbean on AML/CFT and risk management.

Ryan is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Cayman National Corporation Ltd. with responsibility for operations, information technology, risk and compliance of the group’s subsidiary banks, trust companies, fund administrator and securities brokerage.

He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Management and Finance from the University of the West Indies, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and holds the Financial Risk Manager designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.