Previously, Thomas was deputy head of strategic development and deputy head of administration at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Last year, Mr. Karzai intervened to win the release of Mohammed Zia Salehi, head of administration for the president's National Security Council, who faced charges of soliciting a bribe.
Yet according to Bloomberg, the head of administration for the region in question has said the evidence is as weak as ever.
The aide, Mohammed Zia Saleh, head of administration for Afghanistan's National Security Council, was arrested in late July after investigators wiretapped Mr. Saleh apparently soliciting bribes from a money exchange operation.
The head of administration of a town near the capital, Nalchik, was shot dead last month and five policemen were machine-gunned in a cafe three weeks ago.
After starting her career in banking, Gray moved into business and personnel management for an independent school, before joining Walbottle as head of administration eight years ago.
After President Karzai intervened to win the release of Mohammed Zia Salehi, head of administration for his National Security Council, who was charged with soliciting a bribe, American officials expressed concern over efforts to impede the work of the two independent units.
When the fires broke out, the contractors were woefully unprepared and inadequately equipped, said Viktor N. Sorokhin, a deputy head of administration for the Orekhovo-Zuyevo district, about 50 miles east of Moscow.
