Susan O'Bey

Susan O'Bey is a politician in Saint Helena. She is currently chief secretary, one of the most senior roles in the island's government.

O'Bey, who is from the remote British Overseas Territory, began her career working in education, including as a school headmistress, before becoming a public servant.

It was first announced that she would become chief secretary in May 2017.

O'Bey was officially sworn in as chief secretary by the governor of Saint Helena in April 2018, replacing Burke, whose contract on the island had ended. Then-Gov. Lisa Phillips described her as the "first substantive St. Helenian chief secretary." Since 2021, after the island's governance system referendum, the chief secretary is no longer on the council and Julie Thomas has taken office as the country's inaugural chief minister.

O'Bey previously served as Saint Helena's director of strategic policy and planning, then as deputy chief executive for economic development for the island's Enterprise Saint Helena program.

She holds a master's in public policy and management from the University of York.