Experience

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  iTaukei Trust Fund Board

  • Fiji
  • Investment Management
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Business Advisor

    • Jul 2020 - Present

  • Business Analyst

    • Jul 2020 - Present

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  • United States of America

  • Private Sector Development Specialist

    • May 2020 - Present
    • United States of America
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  Strongim Bisnis

  • Honiara, Solomon Islands

  • Senior Business Advisor

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
    • Honiara, Solomon Islands

    Tourism and Financial Inclusion MSD Advisor _Solomon Islands

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  Market Development Facility

  • Suva

  • Business Advisor_ The Palladium Group

    • Sep 2017 - May 2020
    • Suva

    Key Responsibilities include:  Design and manage interventions with a large variety of strategic private and public players in the economy to stimulate innovate practices that unlock the growth potential of (sectors within) the economy and create additional jobs and income earning opportunities ...

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  Reserve Bank of Fiji

  • Digital Finance & Payment Systems Analyst - Financial System Development and Compliance

    • Jan 2010 - Jun 2016

     Carried out leading research in the areas of Microfinance, Mobile Money, Payments Systems and Financial Inclusion. Assisted in the development, implementation, monitoring and compliance and the delivery of special policy and research papers, reports and advice on financial system products, projects and Initiatives.  Assisted in ensuring micro-finance, rural banking, financial inclusion and financial literacy initiatives are soundly developed and implemented. Secretariat to National Financial Inclusion Taskforce. Coordinating Microfinance Expositions and updates on the Mobile Money Development. Secretariat to the Fiji E-Money Taskforce. Competency  Project Team – Financial Sector Development Plan 2015 – 2025Part of the project team tasked with developing the first ever Financial Sector Development Plan for Fiji. Is the lead Analyst in the areas of Insurance, Payment System, SMEs and Financial Inclusion.  Coordinator Financial Inclusion ExposLead coordinator for 5 expos ( Kadavu, Labasa, Ba, Hibiscus,Lomaiviti). Tasks include planning with expo team, inviting other relevant stakeholders (20+), meeting the PAs and Roko Tuis of the proposed areas. Conducting scoping visits, research and economic reports of the identified areas. Coordinating marketing and awareness activities, logistics and program proper. Preparing the budget for each exposition.  Project Team – Capital Markets Development Plan 2013 – 2023Part of the project team tasked with developing the first ever Capital Market Development Plan for Fiji.  Mobile Money Lead Analyst• I have been involved with Financial Inclusion and Mobile Money since 2010, working under the Financial Systems Development Unit at the Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF). • I am closely involved in the monitoring of data for the usage of mobile money and am responsible for the usually quarterly mobile money report that goes to the RBF Board.• I recently worked on standardizing the mobile money returns for Fiji.,

  • Economist

    • Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

     Formulate Monetary Policy • Collected, checked, organised and recorded information on external conditions.• Helped monitor and report on events and changes in external conditions• Helped prepare, analyse, present and interpret accurate, timely and useful forecasts of trade and capital flows, and of foreign exchange reserves.• Helped to ensure information used to develop economic forecasts and research, advice and analysis on external conditions, is soundly based and effectively communicated.• Assisted in ensuring that the databases, graphs and other tools used to perform key activities are accurate, well-structured and appropriately documented Economic Analysis and Advice • Collected, checked, organised, analysed and disseminated economic forecasts and economic data on external conditions.• Helped identify issues where economic analysis and advice might be appropriate and help review and develop the Bank’s position on such issues.• Ensured own research, analysis and recommendations was soundly based, rigorous and effectively communicated• Helped with drafting economic review papers, policy statements and policy papers. Overseas Representation • Helped represent the Bank as appropriate in its dealings with external parties. Provision of Public Information • Helped to provide statistics and information on external conditions and to prepare economic forecasts in ways which meet the needs of end-users.• Helped prepare economic forecasts and other public information on the external economy.• Assisted in preparing policy statements and papers for presentation and use in external forums.