The Tribune

A Scotiatrust (Bahamas) employee was named Student of the Year at the STEP Caribbean awards, held in St Kitts on 5 May.

Lisa Wilcox had registered the highest overall grade of her peer group for the STEP Diploma in International Trust Management, in an award sponsored by CLT International.

Elsewhere, Bermuda-based Meritus Trust was lauded as Caribbean Trust Company of the Year, while law firm Mourant Ozannes received the accolade of Caribbean Legal Team of the Year. Bahamas-based Higgs & Johnson was named a finalist in the legal category.

Tim Prudhoe, chair of the judging panel, said: “These awards demonstrate the vitality of the Caribbean as a centre of excellence in wealth structuring.

“I congratulate the winners and they should be doubly proud as the standard of competition was very high.”

The award winners were announced at the STEP Caribbean Conference gala dinner on Sunday, 5 May. This was part of the STEP Caribbean Conference being held in St Kitts from May 6-8, 2013, at the Marriott Resort.

The 2013 judges were Tim Prudhoe (chair), Paul Bailey, Suzanne Marriott, Kenneth Morgan and Dianne Bingham, with Keith Johnston acting as awards secretary.

Students, trusts and legal teams must have been based on an island in the Caribbean, or in Bermuda or Belize, to qualify.