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Worldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
FEMALE GOVERNORS OF
BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
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1967-72 Governor Dr. Dame Hilda Louisa Bynoe,
Associated States of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique |
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As Governor she was also Chairperson of the Executive Council.
A former doctor and Hospital
Administrator she is so far the only woman to have been governor
of one of the British Dependencies. She lived (1921-2013) |
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2002 Acting Governor
Cynthia Astwood, Turk and Caicos Islands |
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As Chief
Secretary 1997-2005, she was member of the Executive Council, ranking below the Governor
and have acted as such on various occasions
when the incumbent was abroad. In 2002 she filled
the gap between two governors. |
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2004-07 Governor Deborah Barnes-Jones, Montserrat |
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The governor is Member of the Executive Council
with
responsibility for Internal
Security, External Affairs,
Defence and Offshore
Finance and
Head of the
Public Service.
The
Ambassador to Georgia 2001-03, Deborah Elizabeth Vavasseur
Barnes Jones has
been working in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 1980
and among others been 1. Secretary in Israel and Vice-Ambassador
in Ecuador. She is the mother of twin daughters (b. 1991) and
(b. 1956-). |
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2006 Acting Governor Harriet
Hall, The Falkland Islands and South Georgia and South Sandwich
Islands |
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She was Deputy Governor and
First Secretary and acted during the interregnum between two Governors. Also Assistant
Commissioner to the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
2003-07, and was
appointed Chief Executive of the territory in the southern
Atlantic Ocean, working from the Falklands in July 2007. |
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2006 Acting Governor Dancia Penn,
British Virgin
Islands
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| 1992-99 Attorney-General and ex-officio member of the Legislative Council. As Deputy Governor 2004-07, she
acted as governor on different occations, but in 2006 she
acted in the interim
between two governors. Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Social
Development 2007-11. (b. 1951-). |
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2005
and 2008 Acting Governor Mahala Wynns, Turk and Caicos Islands |
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Secretary 2005-06 and Deputy Governor 2006-09, she was Acting Governor
on
two occations until a new governor was inagurated
after his predecessor left.
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2009
Acting Governor Lesley Pallett, Gibraltar |
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As
Deputy Governor 2007-13, she acted from the
former governor departed until his successor was sworn in.
Head of Drugs and International Crime Department, and has been Director of
European Policy, Immigration and Nationality in the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office. |
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2010- Non-Resident Governor Vicky Treadell of the Pitcairn,
Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands |
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Deputy High Commissioner to India 2005-09 and
High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa from 2010. (b. 1959-). |
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2010 Acting Governor
Inez Archibald, British Virgin Island |
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VSpeaker of the Legislative Council 2003-07
and Deputy Governor from 2008. She was. Acting Governor from
the former holder of the office left the island and until the new
Governor arrived. (b. 1945-) |
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2011
Acting Governor
Sarita Francis, Montserrat
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Civil Servant from 1972, Chief Establishment
Officer (CEO) / Head of Service since 2007 and Deputy Governor 2009-12. |
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2013- Governor
Christina Scott, Anguilla |
| Private
Secretary to the Prime Minister 2006-09 and Director of the Civil
Contingencies Secretariat at the Cabinet Office 2009-13. |
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2013- Governor Helen Kilpatrick,
Cayman Islands |
| Former
Deputy Chief Executive of the West Sussex County Council and Acting Home Office
Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer 2012-13. |
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2013 and 2016 Acting Governor Anya Williams, Turks and Caicos
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Former Permanent Secretary of Finance. As Deputy Governor since 2012 she is a
non-voting member of Cabinet, Head of the public service and chair
of the Permanent Secretaries’ committee. Acted twice in the vacancy
between two governors and whenever the governor is abroad. |
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2013 and 2015-16 Acting Governor
Alison MacMillan
, Gibraltar |
| Assistant Deputy
Governor of Gibraltar
2007-10,
Deputy Director of Protocol & Assistant Marshall of the Diplomatic Corps in
London 2010-13 and Deputy Governor from 2013. |
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2014
Acting Governor Sandra Tyler-Haywood, Falkland Islands |
Former Ambassador
to Eritrea, and from 2012 First Secretary and Head of the Office of
the Governor of the Falkland Islands
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2015-
Governor Elizabeth Carriere, Montserrat |
| Assistant Deputy Minister
of Hereritage and Recreation in Manitoba, Canada. Held other senior
positions and joined the British Ministry of International
Development in 1999. (b. ca. 1955-) |
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2016- Governor Lisa
Phillips, Saint Helena, Ascensions and Tristan da Cunha |
| Assistant Deputy Minister
of Hereritage and Recreation in Manitoba, Canada. Held other senior
positions and joined the British Ministry of International
Development in 1999. (b. ca. 1955-) |
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2016 Acting Governor Ginny Ferguson, Bermuda (2.8-5.12) |
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Different diplomatic postings before becoming British First
Secretary and Consul-General in Auckland, New Zealand and
concurrently Deputy Governor of Pitcairn 2007-12 and afterwards
Deputy Governor of Bermuda from 2012. |
Last updates
08.12.16
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