HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr. Roger Luncheon announced Wednesday the appointment of a new High Commissioner to Guyana from the United Kingdom. 

The HPS stated that James Gregory Quinn has now assumed the post, and would be residing in Georgetown.
High Commissioner Quinn replaces Andrew Ayre, who had served in Guyana since September 2011. High Commissioners from Britain have been serving in Guyana since the country attained independence in 1966.