George McCarthy,
OBE
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is the former Chief Secretary of the
Cayman Islands
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. He served as
Financial Secretary
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A financial secretary oversees policy con ...
[ for twelve years (from 1992–2004) prior to assuming the post of Chief Secretary in November 2004 until retirement in 2009. The post of Chief Secretary is the second-highest post in the Cayman Islands government and is subordinate only to the ]governor
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. He served as the acting Governor of the Cayman Islands
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from October to November, 2005.
His career as a civil servant started in the Internal Audit Department in 1974. He was promoted several times, moving on to become Deputy Financial Secretary in 1985. Mr. McCarthy qualified as a CPA in 1987 and then spent a few years on secondment to Ernst and Young
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.
McCarthy was appointed Chairman of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is the primary financial services regulator of the Cayman Islands and supervises its currency board.
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in 2009.
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