THE United States (U.S.) Embassy in Guyana has announced the arrival of its new Deputy Chief of Mission to Guyana Mr Bryan D. Hunt.

The Embassy, in a statement yesterday, said Hunt arrived in Guyana on August 7, 2013, to assume duties as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown.  Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hunt served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from July 2011 to July 2013, handling bilateral relations with the countries of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Deputy Chief of Mission Hunt is a career Foreign Service Officer with extensive service in South Asia and Africa.  He served as Consular for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan from July 2009 to October 2010, Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan from July 2006 to July 2009, and Political Officer in Islamabad, Pakistan from August 2004 to July 2006.  From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Hunt served in several African countries.  He was the Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique from August 2000 to August 2002; Consular and Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Gaborone, Botswana from September 1998 to August 2000; and Political, Economic, and Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau from September 1996 to July 1998.
Mr. Hunt has also served in the United States as Deputy Director for Regional and Security Affairs in the State Department’s Africa Bureau from October 2010 to July 2011 and as Desk Officer for Angola in the State Department’s Africa Bureau from September 2002 to August 2004.
Deputy Chief of Mission Hunt has received various Department of State awards, including the Superior Honor Award, Meritorious Honor Award, and Franklin Award.  He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from the American University School of International Service.  He was doing graduate work in international development at the Elliot School of Foreign Affairs at George Washington University at the time when he joined the Foreign Service.  Mr. Hunt speaks Portuguese, as well as limited German and Urdu.
Mr Hunt takes over  as Deputy Chief of Mission to Guyana from Thomas C. Pierce, who has since taken up a senior diplomatic posting in Brazil.