RBC/RBTT Reward Top Employees with Caribbean Cruise & Leo Awards

Leo Award winner, Simone Edwards, Senior Manager - Commercial Centre, RBTT Trinidad shares the spotlight with RBC and RBTT executives at the Annual RBC Convention Cruise. She is flanked by (from left): Jim Westlake, RBC Group Head, International Banking; Suresh Sookoo, CEO, RBTT Financial Group; and David Mckay, RBC Group Head, Canadian Banking.

Port of Spain, March 24, 2010

RBC & RBTT have recognized their top 600 employees with a week-long cruise aboard the Celebrity cruise liner.

The employees joined RBTT Financial Group CEO Suresh Sookoo and several RBC executives for the Annual RBC Convention Cruise—the highlight of the employee reward and recognition programme.

Convention winners are also eligible for the Leo Award, the highest level of RBC employee recognition. This year, LEO awards were presented to 83 employees of RBC and RBTT, including Simone Edwards, Senior Manager - Commercial Centre, RBTT Trinidad and Fianna Lalla-Seenath, Manager - Customer Service, RBTT Trinidad.

Fianna Lalla-Seenath, Manager - Customer Service, RBTT Trinidad shares the spotlight with RBC and RBTT executives at the Annual RBC Convention Cruise. She is flanked by (from left): Jim Westlake, RBC Group Head, International Banking; Suresh Sookoo, CEO, RBTT Financial Group; and David Mckay, RBC Group Head, Canadian Banking.

“Congratulations to all our winners, who have truly embraced our client-first philosophy and excelled in the delivery of service excellence to take centre stage alongside the best employees within RBC,” Suresh Sookoo said.

Janine Delzin-Burke, Manager, Employee Recognition & Performance Enablement, said the cruise was an excellent opportunity for networking and professional development.

“Apart from one-on-one networking with RBC executives and leaders, colleagues get to share best practices with RBC’s top performers,” she said.