Experience

Market Development Facility (MDF)

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pacific Senior Adviser

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Senior market systems development adviser for Fiji, Samoa, Tonga & Vanuatu. Focused on provision of strategic, technical and mentoring support for MDF programs in the Pacific to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

• Fiji Country Director

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2022

  Manager of the first Market Systems Development (MSD) program in Fiji, with portfolio of investments in Tourism, High Value Agriculture, Business Process Outsourcing and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) development.

• Fiji Deputy Country Director

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

• Fiji Country Coordinator

  • Oct 2015 - Jan 2019



Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Sep 2015

  Management oversight of the Australian Aid program portfolio for private sector development and inclusive economic growth in Fiji.

• Program Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Mar 2012



Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives and Small and Medium Enterprises

• Fiji
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IHRDP Program Manager

  • Mar 2007 - Aug 2009

  Manager of the ILO Integrated Human Resource Development Program (IHRDP) with the Fiji Government. Manager of the ILO Integrated Human Resource Development Program (IHRDP) with the Fiji Government.



United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Business Development Specialist

  • Dec 2002 - Dec 2005

  Business Development Specialist for the UNCDF Pacific Sustainable Livelihoods Program (PSLP). Business Development Specialist for the UNCDF Pacific Sustainable Livelihoods Program (PSLP).