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Arrival Of New Governor To Anguilla
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Mr Alistair Harrison CVO will arrive in Anguilla on Sunday 19 April 2009 to take up his appointment as Governor. He will be accompanied by his wife Sarah and their three children Matilda (Tilly) aged 9, and twins Eliza and Ralph, aged 5. Mr Harrison was previously scheduled to arrive in Anguilla on 9 April but was delayed due to the sudden death of his father.
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Mr. Alistair Harrison, CVO
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The family will travel from Princess Julianna Airport in St Maarten by Anguilla Air Services charter to Wallblake Airport and be met by the Acting Governor, the Chief Minister and the Commissioner of Police. Mr Harrison will be sworn in as Governor at the House of Assembly at 10.00 am on Tuesday 21 April.
Those persons previously invited to the swearing in at the House of Assembly and the evening reception at Government House on Tuesday 14 April should bring their original invitations to both events now rescheduled for 21 April. Please note the evening reception will start at 6.30 pm as previously arranged but the swearing in has been brought forward to 10.00 am.
Mr Harrison has 30 years experience in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and has recently completed a three-year appointment to the British High Commission in Lusaka, Zambia, as High Commissioner.
He has also spent time working in New York and Warsaw, as well as Policy Adviser for the European Commission in Brussels. Mr Harrison was most recently head of the Zimbabwe Unit in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London.
Mr Harrison succeeds Mr Andrew George who retired from the Diplomatic Service in March 2009.
Mr Harrison’s children will attend Stoney Ground Primary School.
A photograph of Mr Harrison is attached.
There will be an opportunity for the press to meet Mr Harrison in the VIP lounge of Wallblake Airport on the day of arrival around 2:45pm.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name:Mr William Alistair Harrison
Date of Birth: 14 November 1954
2005 - 2008 British High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia
2003 - 2005 Head of International Organisations Dept, FCO
2000-2003 UK Mission to the UN
1998 - 2000 Foreign Policy Adviser, European Commission, Brussels
1995 - 1998 Deputy Head of Mission, Warsaw
1992 - 1995 Deputy Head of Middle East Dept, FCO
1987 - 1992 First Secretary Economic, UK Mission to the UN, New York
1984 - 1986 Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, FCO
1982 - 1984 Southern European Dept, FCO
1979 - 1982 Third then Second Secretary Chancery, Warsaw
1977 - Entered FCO