Bank of Guyana governor Lawrence Williams laid to rest

(From left) Lawrence Williams’s widow Valerie, his children and relatives at his funeral service yesterday at the St George’s Cathedral. (Photo by Arian Browne)

Central bank Governor Lawrence Williams was laid to rest yesterday in the Cane Grove Methodist Church yard after a funeral service at the St George’s Cathedral.

Williams, 60, died at the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital on May 7. He had been battling with cancer for the past eight years.

He had served the Bank of Guyana for 35 years, starting as an Assistant Principal in the Exchange Control Department in 1979 after completing a Bachelors of Social Sciences Degree in Management.

In 1982, he was appointed as a Principal where he was tasked with the accounting and investment function