Reese heads to private sector

Major Richard Reese, the director general in the Department of Local Government, is to leave that office when his contract ends on June 10.

State minister with responsibility for the department, Robert Montague, made the announcement last night as the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament examined the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Reese is to take up a job as CEO of a major security firm. He, however, will continue serving on government boards.

Reese, who has served as commissioner of corrections, was a permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security before he was shifted to the Department of Local Government last year.