governor predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
alan huckle ric nye -lrb- acting -rrb- nigel haywood michael blanch -lrb- interim -rrb- keith padgett barbados independent chief executive of the falkland islands 15 may 1962 3 january 2008 alison jane thorogood tim thorogood
 1 february 2012 tim thorogood university of cambridge open university
tim thorogood

timothy `` tim '' rupert thorogood -lrb- born 15 may 1962 -rrb- is a british administrator who served as chief executive of the falkland islands from 2008 until 2012 .
thorogood was born in barbados and spent time as a child in the falklands , where his father worked for cable & wireless .
in 1983 , he received an ma in history from the university of cambridge before going on to get an ma in education , an mba and phd in management from the open university .
after university , thorogood worked at a school in gosport , hampshire , becoming the head of the school 's history department .
he then moved into local government working in hertfordshire 's lea and the london borough of hillingdon , before becoming director of strategic services in three rivers district council and later director of support services in haringey council .
in march 2003 he was appointed chief executive of the city and county of swansea council .
following his resignation from swansea council , thorogood became the head of the local government information unit . .
in august 2007 , the legislative assembly of the falkland islands selected thorogood to be the british overseas territory 's new chief executive .
he took up the position on 3 january 2008 .
during his time as chief executive , the falkland islands government increased investment in the search for hydrocarbons in the waters surrounding the islands .
in 2011 , thorogood announced that he would be leaving the falklands for family reasons .
he left office in 2012 and was replaced by the director of finance , keith padgett .
