Georgetown – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett yesterday announced the appointment of two Caribbean nationals to the executive management committee of the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat.
Barnett named the Barbadian diplomat Donna Forde as the Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and Jamaican, ambassador Wayne McCook as Director General of the Office of Trade Negotiations.
McCook replaces ambassador Gail Mathurin and takes up duties on January 1 next year, while Forde replaces the Trinidad and Tobago diplomat, Colin Granderson and assumes her post on February 1 next year.
McCook is a widely experienced diplomat who at various times has served as his country’s Ambassador to China, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, and has had postings in Jamaica’s Missions in the United States and at the UN Headquarters in New York. Most recently, he has been Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
Ambassador Forde is currently the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Previously, she was Ambassador to Cuba, and has served at her country’s Missions in the United States and at the UN Headquarters in New York. (CMC)
