President Wavel Ramkalawan has today announced the appointment of Mr Sheils Barra as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Landscape and Waste Management Agency (LWMA).

This post had been vacant since the appointment of Mr Flavien Joubert as Minister. 

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.

Mr Barra started his career in 1994 as a Biochemist in the Seychelles’ Ministry of Environment and where he was Assistant Director of Environment Assessment & 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 CEO LWMA takes effect from the 6th December, 2021.