Samuel Brangman Jr has been appointed Postmaster General.

Mr Brangman will be responsible for the strategic management and oversight of the operations of the Bermuda Post Office, ensuring mail is safely collected, processed and delivered.

He serves as a postal security expert with the Universal Postal Union, is part of the Caribbean Security Team, and consults and conducts postal security audits throughout the Caribbean region.

As well as being a member of the Caribbean Postal Union management board, he is co-chairman of the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Team.

Derrick Binns, the head of the public service, said: “Mr Brangman brings to the position a deep understanding of the Bermuda Post Office operations and processes together with monitoring mail standards, guidelines and procedures for sorting, metering, coding and routing incoming and outgoing mail to ensure compliance with relevant postal regulations and procedures.”

Dr Binns added: “The Bermuda Post Office must retool and become sustainable. There are plans to use technology to drive postal improvements to better serve Bermuda.

“Mr Brangman is the right person to develop, modernise and lead Bermuda’s postal service.”

Mr Brangman joined the Bermuda Post Office in December 2009 as manager for mail processing and operations and served various stints as acting postmaster general.

Prior to that he was a consulting finance manager with BearingPoint Inc and held posts in banking.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration/Accounting, a Master’s Certificate in Project Management and is completing a Master’s of Science Degree in Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management.