Cheryl Bazard is an Attorney by Profession in the Chambers of Bazard & Co. and was called to the Bars of England & Wales and The Bahamas Bar in 1991.  Mrs. Bazard has more than eighteen (18) years’ experience as a Compliance Professional.  Mrs. Bazard is the former Legal Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Regional Director of Compliance for CIBC and CIBC First Caribbean International Bank, as well as, Former Director of Compliance for Scotiabank (Bahamas) Limited.

Mrs. Bazard was Counsel in the Officer of the Attorney General from 1997 to 1998 and also acted as a Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrate.  Mrs. Bazard holds International Diplomas in Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance with distinction from the International Compliance Association in London and is the Founding President of The Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers, the 2003 awardee for the Bahamas Financial Services Board Professional Excellence Award, Former Associate Tutor and Acting Course Director at the Eugene Dupuch Law School and sat on several public boards and committees.  Mrs. Bazard was most recently Co-Executive Director of the Vote Yes Bahamas Campaign for the Constitutional Referendum on Gender Equality.