THE Committee of Appointment of the National Assembly which was established to appoint a Director and Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) within the Anti-money Laundering and countering the Financing of Terrorism Authority has named Mathew Edward Langevine and Abiose Thomas to hold the two posts respectively.This is according to a second report of the committee which was presented by Public Health Minister, Dr George Norton to Parliament on Monday afternoon.

According to the report, the committee held a total of 14 meetings and in the process interviews were conducted with 17 candidates for the post of Director and an equal number for the deputy’s post.

For the selection of the Director, the meeting met on May 18, and the body shortlisted applicants to be interviewed. The candidates were shortlisted on several occasions thereafter and on May 30, the members requested the Commissioner of Police to execute a background check on the top ranked candidate.

On June 20th, the Committee, based on the response of the Commissioner of Police, decided that the top ranked candidate was no longer eligible. Later, Langevine was considered after a debate.

A similar process was undertaken for the post of Deputy Director and Thomas was selected after differing views on his candidacy.

The names were submitted to the National Assembly for consideration on Monday.