Lloyds TSB International Banking has revealed that its country manager and head of international private banking for Gibraltar, Albert Langston, is retiring as of July 2009. The bank has appointed current regional head of expatriate banking, Mark Johnson, as country manager and Marina Dominguez Steglich as head of international private banking for the region.

Albert Langston has worked with the bank for 23 years and spent 18 years in his final role. He was the architect of the bank’s presence in Gibraltar. He served as the president of the Gibraltar Bankers’ Association, was the first president and council representative of the Gibraltar Centre of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and has played a pivotal role in the creation of the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council.

Mark Johnson, who currently heads the expatriate banking operation in the region, will in addition assume the role of country manager for Gibraltar and provide senior management oversight for local operations across all the banking divisions. Marina Dominguez Steglich will oversee international private banking in Gibraltar, having spent the past five years with the bank as manager, private banking.

Earlier this month, Lloyds TSB Offshore Trust Company shut its Gibraltar operation, which has been open since 2002, after deciding to focus on its activities within the Channel Islands. Lloyds’ private banking arm and expatriate banking office in the territory were unaffected, the bank said in a statement.