Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).
New Chair of GWI, Ramesh Dookhoo
The appointments were published in the Official Gazette under the hand of Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira and took effect Thursday, August 27, 2020, for a period of one (1) year.
The Chairman for the new GWI Board is Ramesh Dookhoo, while the other members are Dharamkumar Seeraj; Dr Sixtus Edwards, Shellan Belgrave; Omar Narine; Rondha Lam-Singh; Frank Sanichar; Dr Asha Kissoon; Wendell Jeffery and Dhanraj Singh.
On Tuesday last, Former Housing and Water Minister, Shaik Baksh was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
This is going to be the second time that Baksh is heading the public utility entity. He replaces former CEO Dr Richard Van West-Charles.
The previous Head of GWI, Dr Van West-Charles, was relieved of his duties and asked to proceed on leave until October 29, 2020, when current Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal took up office just about a month ago.
Back in June, Van West-Charles – son-in-law of the late LFS Burnham – joined the APNU/AFC coalition in calling for the March 2 General and Regional Elections to be scrapped following irregularities. Van West-Charles was appointed CEO of GWI on October 1, 2015.
