NEW UK COLONIAL GOVERNOR APPOINTED FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS

Powers of the British appointed governor:

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4 May 2017 

Mr. Gus Jaspert has been appointed Governor of the British Virgin Islands in succession to Mr. John Duncan OBE.  Mr. Jaspert will take up his appointment in August 2017.

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Full name:                               Augustus (Gus) James Ulysses Jaspert                                           

Married to:                               Millie Jaspert

Children:                                  Two

2015 – present                        Cabinet Office, Director of Security and Intelligence, National Security Secretariat

2014 – 2015                            Member, Royal College of Defence Studies

2012 – 2014                            No 10 Downing Street, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

2009 – 2012                            Home Office, Head of Drugs and Alcohol and Head of                                                             Policing

2007 – 2009                            HM Treasury, Delivery Manager, Prime Minister’s Delivery                                                       Unit

2001 – 2007                            Surrey County Council, Lead Manager, Children’s Services

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