Representatives
Michelle Palmer-Keizer – Managing Director
Michelle Palmer-Keizer was appointed Managing Director, Republic Bank (EC) Limited, in 2019. She is a marketing executive with considerable expertise in credit card business, specialising in Research Development and Financial Product Management, and has a wealth of experience in product development, operational management and strategic management.
As a senior member of the Republic Group for more than three decades, Michelle most recently served as the General Manager, Group Marketing and Communications and led the Bank’s digital and data transformation efforts to implement more diverse customer centric banking services. Most notably, this includes integrating business intelligence, analytics, and various social media platforms as contemporary means of better engaging and serving customers.
She holds an Advanced Diploma in Marketing Management from the Association of Business Executives and a Diploma in Management Studies from the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business. Ms. Palmer-Keizer currently serves as a Board member of Vision on Mission, a nongovernmental organisation that helps rehabilitate and reintegrate ex-prisoners and socially displaced persons. She is a full member of the Association of Business Executives, from which she received the World Prize for Quantitative Methods and is a past president of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant and Tourism Association. (THRTA).
Ron Leon – Senior Country Lead
Ron A. Leon is a senior banking official with over 16 years of experience across retail banking, credit, compliance, regulation, enterprise risk and corporate governance within the financial services sector. His career reflects a strong balance of strategic leadership, regulatory discipline, and operational execution.
Mr. Leon has held senior leadership responsibilities at Republic Bank (EC) Limited, providing oversight across seven (7) territories, namely Anguilla, Dominica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Maarten and Grenada, in areas including branch operations, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, governance, and service excellence. In this capacity, he has led transformative initiatives that strengthened regulatory confidence, improved governance, and delivered tangible financial results.
A defining element of Mr. Leon’s professional profile is his ability to drive business growth while maintaining strong risk management and regulatory discipline. Early in his career, Mr. Leon built a strong foundation in credit risk management, lending operations, and customer engagement, consistently delivering high performance in loan origination, portfolio quality, and revenue contribution.
Mr. Leon holds a BSc in Banking and Finance (Compliance and Corporate Governance) from The University of the West Indies, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and a Certified Chartered Director (C. Dir).
He is an active contributor to regional banking collaboration, serving as a Member of the ECCU Bankers’ Association Risk Committee and Co-Chair of the ECCU Ease of Account Opening Working Group founded in collaboration with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, supporting initiatives that advance financial inclusion, risk management, and system efficiency.
Mr. Leon is widely respected for his strategic judgment, regulatory credibility, people-focused leadership and his customer-centric approach to banking and the wider financial services sector. With a wealth of experience in banking, compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory oversight, he steps into leadership at the Bankers Association of Saint Lucia poised to champion advocacy, elevate financial literacy and spearhead initiatives that strengthen collaboration, drive innovation and reinforce stability across the financial sector.
