'SMOOTH' TRANSITION FOR NEW WASA EXEC SAYS GOV'T

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The Public Utilities Minister says the incoming new CEO of the Water and Sewerage Authority, "is very fortunate to be surrounded by a team of people who are quite familiar with the terrain at" WASA.   As such, the Minister says he expects a "seemless" and "smooth" transition from the existing management team to the new one to be lead by the new WASA C-E-O who takes up the job soon.   Juhel Browne reports

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00:00St. Kitts born Keith Roy Halliday is set to take up the job of Chief Executive

00:05Officer of Trinidad and Tobago's Water and Sewerage Authority within the next

00:09two months. After the launch of new specialized equipment for the Met

00:12Service at the Piaco International Airport on Saturday, TV6 News has sought

00:17an update from Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzalez as WASA recently named

00:22its new nine-member management team. How is that transition now between the

00:28present management and how will that go into the new management? I think it will

00:31be a seamless transition because a lot of the managers, the new directors

00:36that are being appointed, they currently serve in the management of WASA. Minister

00:41Gonzalez identified some of them by name. So for example, Shira Ali, even the

00:46current acting CEO Kelvin Romaine, Miss Bailey Alicia Romano, Anand Jagannath

00:54in South, they currently serve in senior leadership position in the

01:00authority. So the new position that they are assuming would not be entirely new

01:04for them. WASA has said that Mr. Halliday is the former General Manager of the

01:09Barbados Water Authority, a position he held for the past seven years. The CEO of

01:15course is new because he's coming from Barbados but he's very fortunate to

01:20be surrounded by a team of people who are quite familiar with the terrain at

01:24the Water and Sewerage Authority. So their learning curve is not expected to

01:28be that steep. So I expect a smooth transition. What the board is doing, what

01:32it's supposed to be doing, I understand yesterday the chairman had some

01:36meetings, virtual meetings with the incoming executive team. So I expect them

01:41to do what they're supposed to do so that we have a smooth transition come the

01:46That is the date when Mr. Halliday will be taking up his new job as the CEO of

01:52WASA. Jule Brown, TV6 News.

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