Permanent secretaries are the chief executive officers of government ministries in Barbados and are responsible to the Head of the Public Service, who is Chairman of the Committee of Permanent Secretaries and Officers of Related Grade established by the Public Service Act, and to the Parliament of Barbados.
List of government ministries, ministers and permanent secretaries
+MinistryMinister ResponsiblePermanent SecretaryCabinet OfficeThe Honourable Mia Mottley, SC, MP (Prime Minister)Ms. Selma Green, acting Cabinet SecretaryPrime Minister's OfficeThe Honourable Mia Mottley, SC, MP (Prime Minister)
Dr. the Honourable William Duguid, JP, MP (Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office for Infrastructural Projects and Town Planning Matters)
Senator The Honourable Shantal Munro-Knight, PhD (Minister in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for the Sustainable Development Goals, Commitment for Results and Culture)The Most Honourable Alies Jordan, FB
Ambassador Sandra Phillips (Special Assignment - Commitment For Results)
Ms. Gabrielle Springer (Director General, Infrastructure)Ministry of the Public ServiceThe Honourable Mia Mottley, SC, MPMs. Penelope Linton (acting) (Director General, Human Resources)Ministry of Transport and WorksThe Honourable Santia Bradshaw, M.P (Deputy Prime Minister)Mr. Andrew GittensMinistry of FinanceThe Honourable Mia Mottley, SC, MP
The Honourable Ryan Straughn, M.PMs. Octavia FordeMinistry of Economic Affairs and InvestmentThe Honourable Kay McConney, MP Mr. Patrick McCaskie (acting)Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign TradeThe Honourable Kerrie Symmonds, M.PAmbassador Joy-ann Skinner (acting)Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal AffairsThe Hon. Dale Marshall, SC, MPMr. Timothy MaynardMinistry of Educational TransformationSenator The Honourable Chad BlackmanMs. Wendy Odle (acting)Ministry of Training and Tertiary EducationThe Honourable C. Sandra Husbands, MPnilMinistry of Home Affairs and InformationThe Honourable Wilfred Abrahams, MPMs. Jenifer King (acting)Ministry of Health and WellnessSenator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, FB, JP, MBBS, FRCSMr. Wayne Marshall (acting)Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Nutritional SecurityThe Honourable Indar Weir, MPMr. Terry Bascombe Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third SectorThe Honourable Colin Jordan, MPMs. Marva Howell (acting)Ministry of Housing, Lands and MaintenanceThe Honourable Dwight Sutherland, MPMr. H. Nikita SmithMinistry of Energy and BusinessSenator The Honourable Lisa CumminsMr. Kevin Hunte (acting) Ministry of Tourism and International TransportThe Honourable Ian Gooding-Edghill, MPMs. Francine Blackman (acting) (Tourism)
Mr. Charley Browne (acting) (International Transport)Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community EmpowermentThe Honourable Charles Griffith, MPMs. Joy Adamson (acting)Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder AffairsThe Honourable Kirk Humphrey, MPMr. Jehu WiltshireMinistry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue EconomyThe Honourable Adrian Forde, MPMs. Yolande HowardMinistry of Industry, Innovation, Science and TechnologySenator The Honourable Jonathan ReidMs. Claudette Hope-Greenidge (acting)
Members of the Committee of Permanent Secretaries and Officers of Related Grade +Ministry or OrganizationPositionNameOffice of the Head of the Public ServiceHead of the Public ServiceMrs. Donna Cadogan (Chairman of the Committee)Cabinet OfficeCabinet SecretaryMs. Selma Green (acting)Prime Minister's OfficePermanent Secretary
Permanent Secretary (Special Assignment)The Most Honourable Alies Jordan, FB
Ambassador Sandra Phillips (Commitment For Results)Ministry of the Public ServiceDirector General, Human ResourcesMs. Penelope Linton (acting)Ministry of Transport and WorksPermanent SecretaryMr. Andrew GittensMinistry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment
Treasury Department
Barbados Audit OfficePermanent Secretary
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Finance and Economic Affairs
Accountant General
Auditor GeneralMs. Nancy Headley (Finance)
Ms. Betty Alleyne-Headley (acting) (Economic Affairs and Investment)
Mr. Ian Carrington
Ms. Ingrid Blunt (acting)
Mr. Leigh TrotmanMinistry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign TradeDirector General, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Permanent Secretary and Head of the Foreign ServiceAmbassador Donna Forde
Ambassador Joy-Ann Skinner (acting)Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs
Barbados Police ServicePermanent Secretary
Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Director of Public Prosecutions
Solicitor General
Registrar of the Supreme Court
Commissioner of PoliceMr. Hughland Allman
Ms. Shawn Belle (acting)
Ms. Donna Babb-Agard, SC
Ms. Anika Jackson, SC
Ms. Sharon Deane (acting)
Mr. Richard BoyceMinistry of Education, Technological and Vocational TrainingPermanent Secretary
Chief Education OfficerMs. Wendy Odle (acting)
Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, PhDMinistry of Home Affairs and InformationPermanent SecretaryAmbassador Yvette GoddardMinistry of Health and WellnessPermanent Secretary
Chief Medical OfficerMr. Wayne Marshall (acting)
Dr. the Most Honourable Kenneth George, FBMinistry of Agriculture and Food and Nutritional SecurityPermanent Secretary
Chief Agricultural OfficerMr. Terry Bascombe (acting)Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third SectorPermanent SecretaryMr. Timothy MaynardMinistry of Housing, Lands and MaintenancePermanent Secretary
Commissioner of Titles
Commissioner of TitlesMr. H. Nikita Smith (acting)
Ms. Joy Green
Ms. Beverley Gadsby, SCMinistry of Energy and Business DevelopmentPermanent SecretaryMr. Kevin Hunte (acting)Ministry of Tourism and International TransportPermanent SecretaryMs. Francine Blackman (acting)Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community EmpowermentPermanent SecretaryMr. Charley Browne (acting)Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder AffairsPermanent SecretaryMr. Jehu WiltshireMinistry of Environment and National Beautification, Green and Blue EconomyPermanent SecretaryMs. Yolande HowardMinistry of Industry, Innovation, Science and TechnologyPermanent SecretaryMs. Marva Howell (acting)n/aDirector General, Productive Sectors
Director General, Governance
Director General, Social and Environmental PolicyLouis Woodroffe, PhD
Ms. Gail Atkins
The Most Honourable Janet Phillips, FB