At a recently held Investiture Ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on 4th April 2014, Lt Col Edward Croft was invested with the insignia and made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG). The insignia was presented by the HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. At that Investiture, over 90 persons received Honours and Awards.

Lieutenant Colonel Edward H. Croft has served the country in the areas of youth development, Law Enforcement, Defence and Security, and Disaster Preparedness and Response. Lt. Col Croft has served and continues to serve the country at the regional and hemispheric levels. He is Antigua & Barbuda’s Commissioner to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) and is also the National Point of Contact to the OAS Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE). He served in the capacity of Chairman of the Caricom Standing Committee of Heads of Intelligence and Financial Intelligence Units for the period 2008 – 2012 and remains an active participant on issues of security at the regional level. He also serves as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s main representatives on the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and has represented the Regional Security System (RSS) on various occasions.

He is the recipient of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and has also been presented with several military awards.

According to the Official British Monarchy website this order was instituted in 1818 by the Prince Regent (later George IV), and is awarded to men and women of high office, or who render extraordinary or important service.

Col Croft currently serves as Antigua and Barbuda’s Director of the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy and has been in this capacity for the past 7 years.