Dave L. Garcia

Dave is responsible for leading the team that provides the Bank and its subsidiaries with general advice, leadership and direction on all legal, regulatory, compliance and corporate secretarial matters. He is charged with guiding the Group's legal strategy in its drive toward growth and expansion in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. His role also encompasses ensuring the effective management of relationships with external counsel acting on behalf of the NCB Group.

A former partner at Myers, Fletcher & Gordon (MF&G), Mr Garcia possesses a wealth of experience in civil litigation with an emphasis on banking, employment and industrial relations, corporate and commercial matters. He is Chairman of Youth Reaching Youth, a charitable organization and Co-Chairperson of the Jamaica Bankers Association's Compliance Committee. He is also a member of the Jamaica Bar Association's Commercial Law Committee, and has previously served as its Convenor.

He became an attorney-at-law in 1997 and is a graduate of the Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, having obtained a Master of Laws Degree for studies in Corporate Law. Before that, he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the West Indies and a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School.

Mr. Garcia has been the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Jamaica Scholarship and the Carreras Post-Graduate Scholarship. He continues to contribute to the development of legal education in Jamaica, primarily as a Course Director at the Norman Manley Law School.