Press briefing complaints commissioner elton georges 1 september 2014
Elton Georges, CMG, OBE is a British Virgin Islander politician and businessman. Mr Georges has served in a number of public offices, but most notably as the Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands from 1983 to 2003, and then again more briefly from 2007 to 2008.
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He has also served as the Complaints Commissioner of the British Virgin Islands from 2009 to 2015. He has also been recognised as one of the founding figures in relation to the Territory's Department of Disaster Management in the 1970s. As a senior public figure, Georges has often spoken out in relation to sensitive political issues.
He currently serves as Chairman of the BVI's Health and Wellness Advisory Council.
In business, he is a director of Seven Seas Water, a division of AquaVenture Holdings. He also acts as a mediator and consultant.
Personal life
Mr Georges received his undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University in mathematics, and a postgraduate diploma in public administration from Carleton University.
He is an active member and lay preacher of the British Virgin Islands Methodist church.
He is married.