Tara Rivers

The Honorable
Tara Rivers
Rivers in 2017
Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 May 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierAlden McLaughlin
GovernorHelen Kilpatrick
Anwar Choudhury
Martyn Roper
Minister of Education
In office
29 May 2013 – 24 May 2017
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierAlden McLaughlin
GovernorHelen Kilpatrick
Member of the Parliament of the Cayman Islands
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
PremierAlden McLaughlin
GovernorHelen Kilpatrick
ConstituencyWest Bay South
Personal details
Born
Tara Antoinette Rivers
NationalityCaymanian
WebsiteOfficial website

Tara Rivers is a Caymanian politician, currently the Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs, and previously the Minister of Education.

Career

At the age of 15, she received a scholarship from United World Colleges.[1] She attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she studied psychology. Rivers then went to York University in Toronto, Ontario, where she earned a degree in law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Schulich School of Business. Following graduation, Rivers initially worked as a lawyer in London, before moving back to the Cayman Islands where she became a civil servant. During that period, she was involved in the national youth policy and helped to set up the Women’s Resource Centre.[2]

She stood for election at the Caymanian general election, 2013, in the West Bay South. Following election, she was named as the Minister for Education.[2] During her time as Education Minister, there was a 42% increase in the number of students undertaking scholarships within the Cayman Islands.[3] Following re-election at the 2017 general election, she became the new Minister of Financial Services and Home Affairs.[2] She spoke of the issues with Cayman banks foreclosing on loans in November 2017.[4] She was one of several Cayman politicians who had fake Facebook pages set up in order to solicit money from followers.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Hon. Tara Rivers, JP, MLA". Office of the Premier. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Hon. Tara Rivers, JP, MLA". Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Rivers, Tara". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Rivers points to foreclosure conflicts". Cayman News Service. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Minister targeted in fake Facebook page". Cayman News Service. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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