| Changes for Council, Forum, Integrity Commission, PSC | | Print | |
| Written by Richard Green/richard@fptci.com | |||
| Thursday, 14 July 2011 08:37 | |||
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In a day full of government shakeups, members of the Advisory Council and Consultative Forum stepped down, and new heads of the Integrity Commission and the Public Service Commission were named in announcements July 13. Advisory Council member and PSC Chairman Eugene Otuonye stepped down from both of those positions to take on the new job of director of the Integrity Commission. “I fully understand and endorse Mr. Otuonye’s reasons for stepping down from these posts,” said His Excellency the Gov. Gordon Wetherell. “It is clearly important that the director of the Integrity Commission should not hold any other public office. “I should, however, like to take this opportunity of thanking him for the unstinting service he has given in both capacities in recent years; and for the integrity and thoughtfulness which have informed that service. I wish him well in his important new function.” Otuonye, a Queen’s Counsel lawyer, has served as deputy attorney general in the TCI and as attorney general in Montserrat. He has been chairman of the TCI Public Service Commission since 2008. Taking over as PSC chairman will be Consultative Forum member Cynthia Astwood, who will stay on as a forum member. “I am sure that, with her considerable experience of management of the public service, she will prove an excellent and effective successor,” the governor said. Astwood was awarded both an MBE and an OBE in appreciation of her work in the TCI, where she served many years in the Chief Secretary’s Office. She was made the first female Chief Secretary in the TCI and in the region, a post she held for many years, serving as acting governor on many occasions. In other moves, Rev. Scott Brennen will be replaced on the forum by Bradley Coalbrooke. “Following his transfer to the Bahamas, (Brennan) has found it increasingly difficult to make himself available for meetings of the forum,” the governor said. “I should like to take this opportunity of thanking him for his service during his period on the forum; and to wish him well in his ministry in Eleuthera.” “At the same time, I am pleased to announce the appointment to the forum of Mr. Bradley Coalbrooke,” the governor said. “With his youth and experience as an architect, I am sure that he will bring a fresh new perspective to the work of the forum.” The 38-year-old Coalbrooke’s career includes working as a project architect at TCI firms APEC Ltd., 2002-2005, and Lee and Astwood Architects, 2005-2010. In January he became project manager for the government’s project with Carnival Corp. on Grand Turk.
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