The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) notes with deep sadness the passing of Mr Edgar Heyligar, a distinguished member of the accounting profession and one of the founders of the Institute. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom, Mr. Heyligar returned to Guyana in the early 1970s and resumed a career in the public service, where he devoted his professional life to strengthening the country’s fiscal institutions. In 1978 he was appointed Commissioner of Inland Revenue, providing leadership to the Inland Revenue Department during an important period in the development of Guyana’s tax administration. He later served as the inaugural Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority. Mr. Heyligar also made a lasting contribution to the accounting profession in Guyana. He was principally responsible for the enactment of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana Act, and his careful work in developing the Institute’s early By-Laws is still recalled by many of his contemporaries. He belonged to the generation of accountants who followed in the tradition of public service exemplified by figures such as Willie Stoll and Victor Jeet Gangadin, and who helped shape the professional standards of revenue administration in Guyana. Mr. Heyligar was widely respected for his discipline, integrity and commitment to public service. After demitting office, he devoted himself largely to his family and took little further part in public life. The Council and members of ICAG extend their sincere condolences to his family, friends and former colleagues.