TCIG completed interviews held during the month of December for Permanent Secretaries, the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG) announced to RTC News the formal appointment of Ian Astwood as Permanent Secretary and Desmond Lightbourne as Deputy Secretary.
Deputy Governor, Anya Williams stated “Mr. Astwood having previously served as Deputy Secretary and later Acting Permanent Secretary, Government Support Services has been formally appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary from a pool of four applicants for that post and Mr. Wilson who was formally appointed as Deputy Secretary from a pool of 16 applicants for the post of Deputy Secretary, Border Control.
“I would like to congratulate them both, and reiterate how important it is for TCIG to continue to recruit the best and most talented to civil service.”
These persons as a result of the new restructuring exercise announced by the Premier last week will now transition into the new Ministry of Home Affairs, Transportation and Communication and the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning respectively.
