Mary Surman

Development Bank of Seychelles

DBS started operations at the Supreme Court Building in February 1978, with only eight staff members. The Bank moved to its present location at Independence Avenue in August, 1984. In the early days, DBS was serving mainly agricultural and fisheries sectors. Over the years DBS' business portfolio has grown to financing of new, modernization and expansion projects in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, industry, service and tourism, construction of commercial buildings including rental accommodation, office, storage as well as shop premises. During the 40 years, DBS has evolved to become one of the leading financial institutions in project financing in almost all sectors of the economy. DBS also has an office on Praslin that is operational on a daily basis, with the aim of facilitating and bringing its services closer to its clients on Praslin as well as La Digue.