Helen Kilpatrick
{{Short description|British civil servant}}
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|office = Governor of the Cayman Islands
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|term_start = 6 September 2013
|term_end = 5 March 2018
|predecessor = Duncan Taylor
|successor = Anwar Choudhury
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Helen Marjorie Kilpatrick {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB}} (née Ball) (born 9 October 1958) is a British civil servant. She was Governor of the Cayman Islands between 2013 and 2018.
Career
Kilpatrick was educated at King's College, Cambridge. She began her career in local government in England, qualifying as a Public Finance Accountant. She was appointed Group Auditor at the Greater London Council in 1985, going through various local government positions, including Controller of Financial Services at Greenwich London Borough Council from 1989 to 1995. In 1995 she was appointed to be the County Treasurer of West Sussex County Council, a position she held for ten years. She was also Deputy Chief Executive.
In 2005 she was appointed by the Home Office to be Director General of Finance & Corporate Services. While in this post she was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2010 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=59282 |date=31 December 2009 |supp=y |page=2}} During 2012 and into 2013 she served as the acting Home Office Permanent Secretary.
In June 2013 she was announced as the next Governor of the Cayman Islands. Commenting on this, Mrs Kilpatrick said “I am honoured and delighted to be appointed Governor of the Cayman Islands. I look forward to working in a constructive partnership with the newly elected government to ensure a safe, successful and sustainable future for the Cayman Islands”.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-governor-of-the-cayman-islands-announced |title=New Governor of the Cayman Islands announced |publisher=Governor's Office Grand Cayman |date=19 June 2013}} She left the post in March 2018.{{cite news |url=http://www.caymaniantimes.ky/Cayman-says-farewell-to-Governor |title=Cayman says farewell to Governor |publisher=Cayman Times |date=7 March 2018 |access-date=9 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309183334/http://www.caymaniantimes.ky/Cayman-says-farewell-to-Governor |archive-date=9 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-governor-of-the-cayman-islands--2 |title=Change of Governor of the Cayman Islands |work=Press release |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |date=26 June 2017}}
Offices
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{{succession box|title=Governor of the Cayman Islands|before=Duncan Taylor|after=Anwar Choudhury|years=2013–2018}}
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References
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- {{cite journal |title=Kilpatrick, Helen Marjorie |journal=Who's Who|doi = 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.245004}}
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Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Category:Governors of the Cayman Islands
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:People from the Bailiwick of Guernsey