Lisa Kathleen Honan (previously Phillips) CBE was the Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 25 April 2016 until 4 May 2019,[1][2] when she was replaced by Philip Rushbrook.[3] She is the first, and currently only, female to have held the post. Honan was previously Head of Office in Kenya for the Department for International Development, and after holding the post in St Helena went on to be Head of the DFID Office in Nepal. She resigned from there in August 2021 ending a career lasting 46 years in international development.[4]
Lisa Honan | |
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| Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | |
| In office 25 April 2016 – 4 May 2019 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Mark Andrew Capes |
| Succeeded by | Philip Edward Rushbrook |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lisa Kathleen Phillips |
Lisa Honan joined the Overseas Development Administration in 1975 as a Clerical Officer. She joined from secondary school with GCSEs only. Leaving in 2021, she was the only member of the Senior Civil Service to have not attended university or studied for A levels. She also failed her 11plus.
Lisa Honan was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to international aid.[5]
References
edit- ^ "LISA PHILLIPS SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF ST HELENA, ASCENSION ISLAND AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA". St Helena Government. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "GOVERNOR LISA DEPARTS ST HELENA". St Helena Government. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Foreign & Commonwealth Office – Change of Her Majesty's Governor of St Helena". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "NEW GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED". St Helena.
- ^ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B9.
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