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David Ritch, OBE, JP (born 1951) is a prominent Cayman Islands attorney who has done private and governmental work.

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Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean

The Cayman Islands is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea. The 264-square-kilometre (102-square-mile) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the south of Cuba and northeast of Honduras, between Jamaica and the Yucatán Peninsula. As of July 2018, the total population of the Cayman Islands is estimated to be 59,613, making it the second-most populated British overseas territory after Bermuda. The capital city is George Town, situated on Grand Cayman, by far the most populous of the three islands.

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David Ritch received his law degree from the University of the West Indies with honours, and was admitted to the bar in 1976 from the Inner Temple, Inns of Court, London, England; in England as Barrister-at-Law and Cayman Islands as Attorney-at-Law. He first worked at the Cayman Islands Courts Office and then moved into the private sector working at law firm Hunter & Hunter. [1]

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The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Each country is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help 'unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth' in the West Indies, thus allowing improved regional autonomy. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.

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In 1983, David Ritch founded a private firm, Ritch & Conolly, with stepfather Warren Conolly which at one time became the second-largest Caymanian-owned practice on the island. [2] The firm is rated as one of the top two Caymanian real estate firms by the website Legal500. [3]

William Warren Conolly Caymanian politician

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Commercial work

He has served as a director of the Caribbean Utilities Company and became the chairman in October 2003. [4] On 19 December 2013, Ritch was appointed non-executive chairman of the CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, having been on the bank's board since 2002. [5]

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank through the merger of the Caribbean operations of Barclays Bank and CIBC, and in March 2006 both CIBC and Barclays announced that Barclays wished to exercise their option to exit the Caribbean venture completely resulting in CIBC gaining majority-control of the bank. In June 2011, it was announced the bank would be renamed CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank "to be more closely aligned to the CIBC brand, while still maintaining the FirstCaribbean name and local identity." The majority of the bank's revenues are generated by its operations in Barbados, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.

Government work

David Ritch has had appointments on numerous Cayman Islands government boards including chairman of the Planning Appeals Tribunal (1987-1989), member of the Cayman Islands Currency Board (1987-1997), Chairman of the Labour Laws Appeals Tribunal (1988-1991), Chairman of the Caymanian Protection Board (1989-1990), Chairman of the Port Authority (1992-2003, chairman of the Trade and Business Licensing Board (2000-2002) and chairman of the Immigration board (2002-2003). [4] [6] In 2005, he began as chairman of the Work Permit Board and the Immigration Review Team (a Cabinet committee), where he reduced the large backlog of applications and reformed the immigration law. He resigned his chairmanship of the Work Permit Board in April 2007. [7] Ritch was appointed chairman of the Constitutional Commission, a body promoting good governance, for a period of three years. [8]

In international development, good governance is a subjective term that describes how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources in the preferred way. Governance is "the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented ". The term governance can apply to corporate, international, national, local governance or to the interactions between other sectors of society.

Biography

David Ritch is married with three children and was awarded an OBE in 2003 for public service in the Cayman Islands. [4] He is also a Justice of the Peace in George Town. [9]

George Town, Cayman Islands Place in Cayman Islands, United Kingdom

George Town is a city situated on Grand Cayman island of the Cayman Islands. It serves as the capital of the Cayman Islands, in the British West Indies. As of 2007, the city had a population of 28,836, making it the second largest city of all the British Overseas Territories.

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References

  1. ↑ "David Ritch". Ritch&Conolly. Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  2. ↑ "David Ritch, new Chairman of the Trade and Business Licensing Board". Caymannetnews. Archived from the original on December 8, 2005. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Cayman Islands > Real estate". Legal500. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. 1 2 3 "Family's proud moment as attorney David Ritch receives OBE in London". Caymannetnews. 2003-12-19. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  5. ↑ "CIBC FirstCarrbiean names a new chairman of its board of directors". FirstCaribbean International Bank. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Work Permit Board chief resigns". Caymannetnews. 2007-04-23. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  7. ↑ "Work Permit Board Chairman Retires". Radio Cayman. 2007-04-21. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Commissions Appointees Named". Cayman Islands Government. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  9. ↑ "Justices of the Peace". Cayman Islands Government. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
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