Rena Lalgie Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Her Excellency
Rena Lalgie
Office:	Governor of Bermuda
Predecessor:	John Rankin
Term Start:	14 December 2020
Premier:	Edward David Burt

Rena Lalgie is a British civil servant serving as Governor of Bermuda since 2020.^{[1] [2]} She is the first woman, and the first person of African-Caribbean heritage, to be appointed governor of Bermuda.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Lalgie has worked in various roles for the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. She was director of operations at UK Trade & Investment, now the Department for International Trade. She then became head of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), created within the UK Treasury in 2016 to implement and enforce financial sanctions.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Jonathan Bell and Fiona McWhirter, First black woman to be appointed governor, The Royal Gazette, 13 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.
2. https://bernews.com/2020/06/rena-lalgie-appointed-as-the-new-governor/ Rena Lalgie Appointed As The New Governor
3. https://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/bermuda-receives-first-female-and-black-governor-3 History made! Queen appoints black woman as Governor of Bermuda
4. https://www.motivation.africa/meet-rena-lalgie-the-first-female-black-governor-of.html Meet Rena Lalgie, the first female Black Governor of Bermuda after 400 years
5. Mara Lemos Stein, U.K. Sanctions Agency Prefers Compliance Over Enforcement, Wall Street Journal, 17 January 2017. Accessed 24 July 2020.