Jan 7, 2021
Ian Haylock
A decision on who will succeed Colin Griffith as the next Comptroller of Customs is yet to be determined by the Ministry of Finance. While senior customs officers Ian Haylock and Estelle Leslie have interviewed for the post, an announcement is pending. Until then, the Customs and Excise Department’s outgoing head has been granted a one-month extension following the expiration of his contract on December twenty-eighth. Both candidates are eminently qualified, having entered the public service in the capacity of customs officers in 1988 and then working their way up through the department’s ranks by pursuing advanced studies at the University of the West Indies before earning the three-year requisite experience as deputy comptrollers of customs. While Griffith’s brief contract extension comes to an end on January twenty-eighth, News Five understands that Leslie’s interview was successful.
Ian Haylock
There is mass discontent in the Customs department as The Guardian has confirmed that a new Comptroller of Customs has been appointed much to the chagrin of the presumptive successor, Ian Haylock. Not to be left behind is the rank and file within the department who have commented that “she cannot lead us, as she has absolutely no leadership skills or capacity.” Haylock, as we understand it was summoned to Belmopan only to be told that he would not be given the office. He was told that his current subordinate, Estelle Leslie, has been appointed by no other than the Prime Minister. In effect, Haylock was huffed for a lower ranking officer.