NASSAU, Bahamas — His Excellency Ellison E. Greenslade, QPM, Bahamas High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, has been elected the new Chair of the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Secretariat for 2018/2019 – 2019/2020, The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday, August 14, 2018.
H.E. Greenslade succeeds His Excellency Mr. Euripides Evriviades, High Commissioner of Cyprus to the United Kingdom, and will serve in this position for two years.
The Executive Committee comprises the eight largest contributors across all of the Secretariat’s funds (United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria and Malaysia), eight representatives from the four regions of the Commonwealth (Cyprus, Kenya, Samoa, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Bangladesh, Malawi, Solomon Islands and The Bahamas), Chair of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Secretariat (Cyprus) and the Chair-in-Office (United Kingdom). Four regional members are replaced each year.
H.E. Greenslade, had a distinguished career as a police officer and rose to become the sixth Commissioner of Police in an independent Bahamas on the January 4, 2010. He was appointed Bahamas High Commissioner to The United Kingdom and Ireland on November 15, 2017.
“The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Darren Henfield, congratulates High Commissioner Greenslade on this achievement and wishes him all the best in his role as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a release on its Facebook page.
