The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank announced that the chairmanship of its Monetary Council will pass from Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda to Dr Irving McIntyre of the Commonwealth of Dominica at an official handing-over ceremony on 9 July 2026 in Dominica. The ceremony will also feature the unveiling of a new family of EC banknotes and coins marking the 50th anniversary of the EC dollar’s fixed exchange rate to the United States dollar. The Monetary Council is the ECCB’s highest decision-making body and is made up of the finance ministers of the ECCB’s eight member governments. Its chairmanship rotates each year in alphabetical order among the member countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank2026-07-07
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to transfer Monetary Council chairmanship and unveil new EC banknotes and coins
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said its Monetary Council chairmanship will transfer on 9 July 2026 from Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda to Dr Irving McIntyre of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The ceremony will also unveil a new family of EC banknotes and coins to mark the 50th anniversary of the EC dollar’s peg to the USD.