Experience

Pacific Advisory

• Vanuatu
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Projects

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Pacific Advisory is the region's largest advisory firm. Working with both the private sector and development partners, In the last decade, our firm has worked across the banking, finance, climate change, agriculture and market access space, being the principal advisors on investments or projects totalling more than USD$300,000,000. Pacific Advisory is the region's largest advisory firm. Working with both the private sector and development partners, In the last decade, our firm has worked across the banking, finance, climate change, agriculture and market access space, being the principal advisors on investments or projects totalling more than USD$300,000,000.



Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC)

• National Manager

  • Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

  The Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC) is a standing committee of the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and was established in late 2017. It also is engaged to promote and strengthen mobilization of the local private sector to support the country to meet its priority climate change objectives. The VBRC was launched in coordination with the Ministry of Climate Change and through the support of the UNDP Connecting Business Initiative (CBi), OCHA, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS).My role as National Manager is to work with the Council to implement activities based on their key focus areas of (1) strengthen business resilience through ongoing business continuity trainings, (2) improved coordination of the private sector during humanitarian response and recovery and (3) advocacy for recognition of the private sector's role in disaster risk reduction at the national level and in public policy.



DT Global / PHAMA Plus Program

• Senior Export Market Systems Facilitator

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2021

  An Australian Government initiative, co-funded by the New Zealand Government, the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) Program provides practical and targeted assistance to help Pacific island countries manage regulatory aspects associated with exporting primary and value added products. This encompasses gaining access for products into new markets, and helping to manage issues associated with maintaining and improving existing trade. Australia and New Zealand are markets of major interest, along with export markets beyond the Pacific. The core countries assisted through PHAMA include Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. PHAMA also provides assistance to other Pacific island countries through the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC’ s) Land Resources Division.With a passion for rural livelihoods and development, my current role as the National Coordinator for the PHAMA program in Vanuatu means I am at the forefront connecting industry stakeholders – rural small holder farmers, commercial farmers, exporters, and government representatives – to discuss industry priorities and market access issues.



Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS)

• EVM Project Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

  The Vanuatu Red Cross Society was established by an Act of Parliament in 1982, and serves as an auxiliary to the Vanuatu Government committed to saving lives and changing minds. The Empowering Vanua Malagwelo (EVM) Project aims to empower young girls from TC Pam affected areas by providing training on life skills, civic education, health and hygiene, first aid, income generation skills, agricultural methods during times of disaster, business management, and further learning opportunities. My role included establishing relationships with stakeholders, organizing community consultations, drawing up budgets, project planning and report writing, monitoring and evaluation. The training has empowered young girls and enabled them to contribute positively to the livelihoods of their families.



VANWODS Microfinance Inc.

• Branch Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  VANWODS Microfinance is the premier micro finance institution in Vanuatu with a client base of over 5000 members and branches on four different islands. My role as Branch Manager included working with over 1600 clients in SANMA Province to provide micro-savings and micro-credit services to both rural and urban clients. The model of group lending and mobile-banking results in lower costs and higher profits which are returned to clients through interest paid to their savings accounts. VANWODS clients are mostly women, and empowering them financially to access micro finance services has a ripple effect that contributes greatly in improving the livelihoods of their homes, communities and villages.



Department of Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Economic Management, Vanuatu

• Economist

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  The Department of Finance and Treasury is the adviser to the Government on economic, financial and regulatory policy. It is responsible for the government’s budget process, fiscal policy, supervising government expenditure, and economic analysis and policy advice. As an economist within the Economics section, my duties included writing economic reports, analyzing and forecasting local, regional and world economic trends, advising the Principal Economist, directors and director generals on economic matters, carrying out provincial and national economic surveys, and general data analysis.