The Board continued to ensure the highest standards of corporate governance and adherence to the Bank’s Code of Ethics. I take this opportunity to state that, as at the date of publishing this Annual Report, we had complied with all applicable regulatory requirements and best practices to maintain our position as one of the most compliant financial institutions.
In an increasingly challenging macroeconomic and regulatory environment, our ethos of being prudent, customer centric, innovative and agile helped us remain relevant and deliver enhanced value to our stakeholders. Our approach was to anticipate the contours of the future, plot a safe course and follow its trajectory, all the while nimbly making astute course corrections where necessary.