Health Governance in Sierra Leone: Why is Ebola a crisis? rd THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2015 His Excellency Edward Turay is a Barrister by profession, studied in England and was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1976, his career includes a period of time practicing in Jamaica. In 1979 Edward returned home to Sierra Leone where he served as a Magistrate for three years and then joined politics in 1982. In 1986 won a seat as a Member of Parliament for Bombali Central one Constituency. Edward held the seat up to January 2010. During this period His Excellency has served in a number of political roles including; as the Secretary General of the ruling APC party; Minority Leader of the House of Parliament from 1996 to 2002; Leader of the Majority party in the Parliament and His Excellency Edward Turay Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Leader of Government Business where he served until January 2010. Edward was appointed Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in January 2010, and accredited to eight other states – namely Cyprus, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Greece. Edward served in almost all Parliamentary Committees either as Chairman or a Member and was the Chairman for the Judicial Committee for over ten years. He is the Founder and Consultant of Eddie Turay & Associates, a leading Law Firm in Freetown, Sierra Leone Date: Thursday 23rd April 2015 Time: 1pm-3pm Location: Techno Centre, CC1.3 Includes hot buffet To register for this event visit your online GLP calendar The views and opinions expressed by this speaker are those of the speaker and do not reflect the official policy or position of Coventry University or the GLP programme [email protected] www.coventry.ac.uk/glp