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Barbados
His Excellency John Beale
John Beale was appointed ambassador of Barbados to the United States on Jan. 29, 2009.

Ambassador Beale has 26 years of experience in the international banking and project financing sectors, including 11 years in the Chase Manhattan Bank network, three and a half years at Banco Internacional, three years at RBTT Bank Barbados Ltd., and more than eight years at the International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.

Among his positions are: president and CEO of RBTT Barbados Ltd. (2004-09), a leading pan-Caribbean banking group with assets of $7 billion; divisional executive chairman of Barbados Shipping and Trading Co. (BS&T) and director of BS&T and Neal & Massy (1995-2004); investment officer with the Business Advisory Service of the IFC (1987-95); general manager of the full branch unit at Banco Internacional; and deputy director of Chase.

Ambassador Beale has also served as honorary consul in Rio de Janeiro and Uruguay, as well as head of the Barbados Private Sector Trade Team from 2003 to 2007.

He holds a master’s of business administration from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Arizona and a bachelor’s degree from Marietta College in Ohio.

He speaks English, Portuguese and some Spanish, and is married with three children.
Embassy
of Barbados

2144 Wyoming Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008

Tel: (202) 939-9200
Fax: (202) 332-7467




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