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Mrs. Marilyn Gardiner-Usher replaces Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann as FIU Director

By Charles Gladden

BELMOPAN, Thurs. Aug. 7, 2025

The secretariat of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize (FIU) announced on Thursday, August 7, that “Mrs. Leni Ysaguirre McGann is no longer the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), effective July 31st, 2025,” and that “Mrs. Marilyn Gardiner-Usher has been appointed as the FIU’s new Director with effect from August 4th, 2025.”  

Ysaguirre McGann was recently promoted to the post from her previous position as Deputy Director in February 2023. She replaced the FIU’s previous director, Kent Clare, who had held the position for 7 years.

According to the FIU secretariat’s statement, Mrs. Gardiner-Usher brings a wealth of knowledge and experience “in the areas of financial intelligence, anti-money laundering, and regulatory compliance.”

The FIU was established in July 2002 and serves as a central agency for the receipt and analysis of disclosures filed by reporting entities, and the dissemination of financial intelligence for the effective investigation and prosecution of money laundering and related offences.

Mrs. Gardiner-Usher once served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Belize.