President Wavel Ramkalawan has appointed Sheils Barra as the new chief executive of the Landscape and Waste Management Agency (LWMA).

This post had been vacant since the appointment of Flavien Joubert as Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment.

Mr Barra has a BSc in Chemical Sciences from the Deakin University in Australia and a BSc in Environmental Health from the University of Western Sydney in Australia.

He started his career in 1994 as a Biochemist in the Seychelles’ Ministry of Environment where he was assistant director of environment assessment and pollution control before he left Seychelles to settle in Australia in 2003.

While in Australia Mr Barra pursued his career in environment, waste management and public health. Most recently he had served as Waste Management Coordinator of the Cook Shire Council, in Cooktown.

His appointment as LWMA chief executive took effect on December 6, 2021.

Source: Seychelles Nation