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Rena Lalgie
Rena Lalgie in 2020
Governor of Bermuda
In office 14 December 2020 – 14 January 2025
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Premier	Edward David Burt
Preceded by	John Rankin
Succeeded by	Andrew Murdoch

Rena Lalgie is a British civil servant who served as Governor of Bermuda from December 2020 to January 2025. She was the first woman, and the first person of African-Caribbean heritage, to be appointed governor of Bermuda.

Career

Lalgie has worked in various roles for the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. She was director of operations at UK Trade & Investment, now the Department for International Trade. She then became head of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), created within the UK Treasury in 2016 to implement and enforce financial sanctions.

References

1. Jonathan Bell and Fiona McWhirter, First black woman to be appointed governor, The Royal Gazette, 13 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.
2. Rena Lalgie Appointed As The New Governor, Ber News, 12 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.
3. "Farewell, Governor Lalgie". Bermuda Broadcasting Company. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
4. History made! Queen appoints black woman as Governor of Bermuda , Loop News, 12 June 2020. Accessed 24 July 2020.
5. Meet Rena Lalgie, the first female Black Governor of Bermuda after 400 years, Motivation Africa. Accessed 24 July 2020.
6. Mara Lemos Stein, U.K. Sanctions Agency Prefers Compliance Over Enforcement, Wall Street Journal, 17 January 2017. Accessed 24 July 2020.

• Living people
• 21st-century Black British women
• 21st-century British women civil servants
• Governors of Bermuda
• 21st-century British women politicians
• 21st-century British politicians
• 21st-century British civil servants