New Canadian envoy to Guyana accredited

(Kaieteur News) – New Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Deborah Gomez Shultz on Tuesday presented her Letters of Credence to President Irfaan Ali at a ceremony held at the Office of the President.

Following the ceremony the High Commissioner Gomes-Schultz and President Ali spoke about recent conversation Ali had with Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, which included plans to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. Guyana and Canada established formal diplomatic relations on May 26, 1966.

Gomes-Schultz holds a BA in Political Science and International Development from the McGill University and a Masters in Human Rights from the University of Essex. She joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 1999. There, she was deputy director and head of Canada’s National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct, deputy director in the Office of the Deputy Minister of International Trade (2020 to 2022) and director of the Office of the National Chair for the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign (2022). She has also served in the Strategic Planning, Operations and Policy divisions of the Africa and Americas branches, as well as in the Child Protection Division. Overseas, she has served at the embassies to Egypt and Senegal. Most recently, she was director of the International Crime and Counterterrorism Policy Division.