New FIU director, deputy named

After a police background check barred the top candidate, Scotia Bank Manager Matthew Edward Hugh Langevine, the second in line, was given the nod by the Parliamentary Committee of Appointments to be the next Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Financial Director of Guyana Telephone Telegraph Abiose Thomas is tipped to be his deputy. According to the Committee’s report, laid over in the National Assembly yesterday, eight persons were interviewed for the position and two were decided unanimously as the top candidates. It was agreed that the Commissioner of Police would execute a background check on the top ranked candidate and the named deputy. “At the twelfth meeting of

the Committee held on June 30, 2016, members received the response of the Commissioner of Police and decided that the top ranked candidate was no longer eligible for consideration for appointment of the Director of the FIU,” the report said.