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Isikeli Taureka Teremoana Mato Seremaia (Jerry) Tuwai Raynold Micah Moveni Rusila Cakcaka Jimmy Peau
MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Prominent businesswoman and former Senior Partner at Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department, she
PWC Fiji, Jenny Seeto is the new chair of Investment Fiji. begins in the role next month (April).
She is joined by other new recruits, the Permanent Secretary
in the Office of the Prime Minister Yogesh Karan and FijiCare Semisi Panuve has been appointed as the new Chief
Insurance Chairman Avinesh Raju. Executive Officer for Tonga Cable Limited. An engineer by
profession, Panuve was formerly Deputy Chief Executive
The new Managing Director of Kumul Consolidated Holdings Officer of TongaSat.
in PNG is Isikeli Taureka. He is a former Executive Director at
InterOil Corporation, and has also had senior managing roles The Fiji Council of Churches has appointed Manasa
at Chevron, Post and Telecommunication Corporation, Bank Vatanitawake as its new Secretary General. Vatanitawake
of South Pacific Limited and Resources Investment Finance took over the role from Revd Iliesa Naivalu.
Limited.
The Global CCS Institute has appointed Philip Bainbridge
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has a new Director as its new Chair. The institute is an international think-tank
General for its Pacific Department. Leah Gutierrez will lead whose mission is to accelerate the deployment of carbon
the implementation of the forthcoming Pacific Approach 2020– capture and storage. Bainbridge is also a non-executive
2024, which will serve as ADB’s overall country partnership Chairman of the Papua New Guinea Sustainable Development
strategy for 12 of its 14 Pacific developing members. Prior to Programme.
this appointment, Gutierrez was the Deputy Director General
for ADB’s Strategy, Policy, and Partnerships Department. Cook Islander Teremoana Mato is the new Trade
Commissioner of Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) China. Mato, who
Richelle Turner is Australia’s first resident Ambassador will be based in Beijing, has served with the Government of
to Palau. The embassy opened last December as part of the Cook Islands and Pacific Trade and Invest in New Zealand
Australia’s Pacific Step-Up. Her previous postings include Suva and Australia.
and Jakarta.
Rugby star Seremaia (Jerry) Tuwai and swimmer Moana
Meanwhile Jonathan Philp is Australia’s next High Wind have been recognised as Fiji’s top sportspersons of
Commissioner to PNG. He will replace Bruce Davis who 2019. Tuwai is also the 2018/19 World Rugby Sevens Player
has filled the role since 2015. Philp has served overseas as of the Year while Wind is the region’s reigning breaststroke
Ambassador to Afghanistan and Ambassador to Turkey. champion.

In the Northern Marianas, Ray S. Masga is the John Samisoni has taken over as Group CEO of the Fiji Hot
Commonwealth Utilities Corp’s new technical manager for Bread Kitchen empire. He takes the reins from his mother and
oil. Masga was the former Division of Environmental Quality company founder, Mere Samisoni, who remains as board chair.
Director.
Dr Opeti Pulotu was appointed as the new Chief Executive
Esline Garaebiti is Vanuatu’s new Director General of the Officer for the Tonga National Qualifications and Accreditation
Ministry of Climate Change. Formerly the Director of the Board. Dr Pulotu recently completed a PhD in Educational

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