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PRESS RELEASE : Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands – Ms Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam [December 2022]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 15 December 2022.

Ms Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam has been appointed Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands in succession to Mr Nigel Dakin CMG. Ms Daniel-Selvaratnam will take up her appointment during June 2023.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Full name: Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam

Date Role
2021 to present Governor of Anguilla
2017 to 2021 Cabinet Office, Director, Grenfell Tower Independent Public Inquiry
2015 to 2017 Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Director of Strategy and Change, The Insolvency Service
2011 to 2015 Ministry of Justice, Deputy Director of Strategy and Change, HM Courts and Tribunal Service
2010 to 2011 Ministry of Justice, Deputy Head of Offender Management Strategy
2010 Ministry of Justice, Secretary to the Omand Review, Independent Serious Further Offence Review
2007 to 2010 Ministry of Justice, Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Justice
2004 to 2007 Department for Constitutional Affairs, Policy Advisor
2000 to 2001 9 King’s Bench Walk and 1 Inner Temple Lane, Barrister, Pupillage
1999 to 2000 University of London, Master of Laws, Public International Law
1999 Called to the Bar of England and Wales