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His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Martyn Roper, OBE, received a warm send-off Tuesday, 28 March 2023 afternoon from the Cayman Islands Civil Service, headed by the Deputy Governor, Hon. Franz Manderson, MBE.

The personnel gathered as a large group to pay, for the first time, their collective respect and regard through greetings, applause and cheers to the Governor, on his penultimate day as His Majesty’s representative to the Cayman Islands. “This was heartfelt. He will be missed,” was a common sentiment expressed at the event.

At GAB, Brac civil service personnel, led by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Mark Tibbetts, participated online to add their voices to the send-off. Governor took time to interact with them and with those at GAB.

Governor Roper, characterised by his approachability, congeniality and friendliness and ability to put everyone at ease, was a beloved occupant of the Government Administration Building for some four-and-a half years, interacting affably with the Civil Service personnel as he traversed the corridors of the building to and from his office.

He generally chose to use the staff entrance just like the bulk of the civil service, standing on little formality to enter and exit the building on a daily basis or in dealing with individuals.

Governor Roper had also made it a point to attend nearly all COVID-19 press briefings, adding substantially to the reassurance that the Government brought at a difficult time to the people of the Cayman Islands, which had globally one of the best responses to the pandemic crisis.