Alister Smith is Executive Director for Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the World Bank Group since January 2014.. Prior to the World Bank Group, he held a number of senior positions in the Canadian government,. including Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office and Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board. Earlier, he was General Director of the International Trade and Finance branch of the Department of Finance. In that capacity, he served as Alternate Governor for the regional development banks. Previously, he worked for CIBC, a Canadian bank, as Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist.. Mr. Smith was educated in economics at Queen’s University and Carleton University. More recently, he completed the Directors’ Education program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.. Mr. Smith is on the International Advisory Committee of the Institute for the Study of Development (ISID) at McGill University.
