The Chairmanship of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be transferred from the Honourable Gaston Browne, Council Member for Antigua and Barbuda, to the Honourable Dr Irving McIntyre, Council Member for the Commonwealth of Dominica, during an official Handing Over Ceremony on 9 July 2026from 5:00 p.m. at the Trafalgar Ballroom, InterContinental Dominica Cabrits Resort, Commonwealth of Dominica.

The Monetary Council is the ECCB’s highest decision-making body and comprises the Ministers responsible for Finance of the ECCB’s eight member governments.

The Chairmanship rotates annually, in alphabetical order, among the ECCB 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.

A highlight of the Ceremony will be the unveiling of the new family of EC banknotes and coins, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the EC dollar’s fixed exchange rate (peg) to the United States dollar.

At its 105th Meeting on 21 July 2023, the Monetary Council approved the replacement of the image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on the EC currency and directed the ECCB to undertake public consultations.

Those consultations, conducted between July and December 2023, confirmed strong public support for featuring national heroes and nation builders on the redesigned currency.

The Handing Over Ceremony will be streamed live on the ECCB Connects Facebook page and YouTube channel.

This article was originally published by Antigua News Room. Read the original article here: Antigua and Barbuda Hands Over ECCB Monetary Council Chairmanship to Dominica.