Next Lieutenant Governor To Be Sworn In On April 7th

THE Swearing In of the Island’s next Lieutenant Governor, Adam Wood, will take place at Castle Rushen on the morning of Thursday 7th April.

THE Swearing In of the Island’s next Lieutenant Governor, Adam Wood, will take place at Castle Rushen on the morning of Thursday, April 7th.

Mr Wood who will succeed His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks, has recently retired from British Diplomatic Service.

He was formerly the Africa Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a role in which he advised the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary.

Between 2005 and 2008 he was British High Commissioner in Nairobi, Kenya, having previously served as High Commissioner in Kampala, Uganda.