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Oct 09, 2020 News
Kaieteur News – The Office of the President (OP), yesterday, appointed eight new Permanent Secretaries within several government ministries.
These new appointees include Malcolm Watkins under the Ministry of Health (MoH); Sharon Hicks for Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA); Mae Thomas under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA); Vladim Persaid under the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW); Shannielle E. Hoosein-Outar for the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSS); Andre Ally for the Ministry of Housing and Water (MoHW); Bishram Kuppen under the Ministry of Labour (MoL); andSharon Roopchand-Edwards for the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (MoTIC).
According to an OP statement, Watkins holds a Master of Organizational Leadership from Southern New Hampshire University. He had previously held the position of Procurement Manager at the Ministry of Health, Guyana and is a Certified Supply Chain Professional.
Hicks holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy and a Certificate in Developmental Psychology. She previously held the position of Management Development Officer at the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, and she also held the position of Auditor as well as Internal Affairs Investigator at the GRA.Mae Thomas holds a Diploma in Accountancy from the University of Guyana and a Certificate in Project Management. She previously served as the Assistant Account at the Office of the President.
Persaud holds a BSc. in Economics, a Graduate Diploma in Development Studies and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Guyana, and is currently pursuing an International Master of Business Administration at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business. He previously served at the Guyana National Bureau of Standards as the Head of the Finance Department and earlier at the Ministry of Finance as an Economic and Financial Analyst II, in the Budget, Fiscal and Monetary Division.
Hoosein-Outar holds a BSc. in Business Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the University of Guyana. She previously served as the Development Manager at Massey Guyana Limited.
Ally holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Institute of Business and several professional IT Certificates. He served at the CH&PA as the Head of ICT from 2008 to 2017 and at Ansa McAl, as the Country Manager and later its Regional Manager.
Kuppen is a former two-term elected Councillor of the Georgetown City Council, and previously served as a Corporate Management Officer at an international company abroad for many years and a Commissioned Officer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
Roopchand-Edwards is an economist by training and previously held the position of Principal Academic Engagement Officer within the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, at the University of Guyana. She previously taught out of the Department of Economics, University of Guyana and also served as a Director on the Board of the Bank of Guyana and a member of its Audit Committee. She also served on a number of other Boards and Committees including the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) among others.
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