By P. Sarojini
New Delhi , India (CWBN)_ Sri Lankan Tamil origin Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam has been appointed as the new Governor of Anguilla. According to the report from UK foreign office, she will succeed Tim Foy (OBE) who is the present Governor of Anguilla. The report said she will officially take up the post on January 2021. Selvaratnam is a Tamil origin Britisher and a lawyer by profession.
Anguilla is the British Overseas Territory in the West Indies covering 35 sq miles with a population of 18,090.
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam being a lawyer by profession holds a perfect record of academic and professional credentials. She has served in major departments of the ministries and holds a great deal of experience in government activities.
On completion of her Law degree, Selvaratnam was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999. Thereafter, she studied her Master of Laws (LLM), Public International Law at University of London in 1999-2000. Following her LLM, she served in 9 King’s Bench Walk and 1 Inner Temple Lane, Barrister, Pupillage in 2000-2001.
Regarding her professional experience, Selvaratnam worked as a Policy Advisor in the Department for Constitutional Affairs in 2004-2007. Then she worked in the Ministry of Justice as a Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Justice in 2007 to 2010. She continued as the Secretary to the Omand Review in the Ministry of Justice in 2010. She was then promoted as the Deputy Head of Offender Management Strategy in the Ministry of Justice in 2010 and served there till 2011. Selvaratnam was appointed as the Deputy Director of Strategy and Change, HM Courts and Tribunal Service in the Ministry of Justice in 2011 and served there till 2015.
Thereafter, she served in the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as the Director of Strategy and Change, The Insolvency Service in 2015 to 2017. Currently, she serves as the Director, Grenfell Tower Independent Public Inquiry in Cabinet office from 2017 to present. Finally, now in 2020, Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam has been appointed as the new Governor of Anguilla.
Edited by Elishya Perera
