Executive Profile

Keston Howell
David A. Noel, CFA, LLB
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.
  • Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean, on September 8, 2025.

  • Held several senior Executive positions across Scotiabank including Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Banking, President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotiabank Jamaica (inclusive of The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, British Virgin Islands and Belize), Managing Director, Scotiabank Barbados and Head, Caribbean East.
  • Currently serves on the United Way Greater Toronto 2025 Campaign Cabinet.

  • Previously served on the Accounting Standards Oversight Council, and on the Boards of the QEII Health Services Foundation, the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, Halifax Partnership, the Atlantic Ballet Theatre Company, and Hope Blooms.

  • Is a CFA® Charterholder and Attorney-at-Law educated at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (Barbados) and the Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica.