THE Office of the President, on Saturday, announced the appointments of Captain Gerald Gouveia, Lennox Shuman and Ralph Ramkarran as advisers to government.
Captain Gerald Gouveia has been appointed National Security Adviser to the President; Lennox Shuman as Adviser to the Minister of Public Works on Civil Aviation, and Ralph Ramkarran as Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Border Issues.
Current chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Gerry Gouveia, is a veteran airline transport rated pilot with 40 years of service in the aviation, security and tourism sectors in Guyana.

He is a former military officer with in excess of a decade of service in the Guyana Defence Force where he served as the chief pilot of the Army Aircorps.
Captain Gouveia graduated from the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
In addition to his wealth of knowledge and expertise, he has formal training from institutions such as the NTSB Academy in Washington DC in Aircraft Accident Investigations; George Washington University in Virginia, USA in Aviation Safety and Security; and the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies in the National Defence University, all in Washington DC, in area of National Defence and Security.

He is a fellow of the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies in the National Defence University in Washington DC. He is the current chairman of the Private Sector Commission.

Lennox Shuman, who is Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, is a licensed pilot with a wealth of aviation experience.
An old student of the North Georgetown Secondary School, Shuman furthered his studies in Canada where he gained his piloting qualifications and experience.
His 8,000 hours of flight experience was garnered through his flying of the following types of Aircrafts – Pa-31; NMK-II: C-172, 180, 185, 206; Pa-34; Beech Baron: DHC-2, 3; Be-18, 100, 200, 1900D; DHC-8Q400; and B738, 757,767.

He is the holder of Canadian and US Airline Transport Pilot License with Single and Multi-Engine Land and Sea Aircraft ratings.
No stranger to service, Shuman served as toshao for Pakuri from 2015 to 2018 and vice- chairman of the National Toshao Council.
Meanwhile, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, founding member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), is no stranger to the Guyana/Venezuela territorial controversy.
From 1994, Ramkarran was appointed Guyana’s facilitator in Guyana/Venezuela Border UN Good Officer process.
He also continued to serve on the Ministerial Team for the Guyana/Venezuela Border Dispute from 1994 to present. Ramkarran also served as Speaker of the National Assembly.