Lucy Athanasius appointed Anti-Corruption Commission’s chief executive |14 October 2016

Lucy Athanasius has been appointed chief executive officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

It was President James Alix Michel who made the appointment yesterday.

According to a communiqué from State House, Ms Athanasius was one of three persons whose names had been recommended to the President by the chairman of the commission, Justice Duncan Gaswaga, following interviews by the commission of all the candidates who had presented themselves for the post.

Ms Athanasius is currently chief research officer in the Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

She holds a Master's degree in Criminology, Criminal Justice and Social Research, from the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.

She has held numerous chief executive officer positions in government, the parastatal and private Sectors, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Seychelles Young Leader's Programme. She had also held the post of pro-vice chancellor of the University of Seychelles.

Section 19 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2016 requires that the chief executive officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the commission.