Shipping expert joins Commonwealth board of governors
The St Kitts and Nevis International Ship Registry has welcomed the appointment of the UK High Commissioner of St. Kitts and Nevis, Kevin M. Isaac, as chairman of the 54 member Commonwealth board of governors.
He is also the Saint Kitts and Nevis permanent representative to the International Maritime Organisation. The chair of the board of governors is chosen, every two years, on the basis of geographical representation; this year it fell to the Caribbean and Canada region.
Among its mandated responsibilities, the board of governors oversees the organisation and receives annual reports from the secretary-general on the operations of each of the individual funds, provides strategic direction on major policy issues, reviews implementation of CHOGM mandates and approves four-year strategic plans and two-year programme budgets and work programmes. (mw)