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Akisi Vinaka Said Zaidansyah Photo: ADB Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Outgoing Forum Deputy SG Manoni (left) and Forum SG Puna
Tuala-Warren Photo: University
of Waikato
MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Dr Filimon Manoni has assumed strategy, operations, and stakeholder Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and
his new role as the Pacific Ocean interactions of the region’s largest Deputy Chief of Mission to the United
Commissioner after serving the Pacific development bank. States.
region as Deputy Secretary General
of the Pacific Islands Forum since May Samoa’s former Supreme Court Judge, Eleven legal practitioners have been
2020. Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala- sworn in to the Nauru Bar. They are
Warren is the first Pacific woman to Carlos Eoe, Amos Horasio Cook, Kosak
Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change, be appointed Professor of Law by the Kosam, Dane Dageago, Trini Josie
Ralph Regenvanu, has been appointed University of Waikato. Caleb, Lisa-Marie Solomon, Ignatius
as a Loss and Damage (LnD) Champion Shark-O Bill, Aie Ribauw, Cronisa
in the Pacific region, the Ministry of Tania Sharkey is the first person of Baguga, Chloe Adeang, and Bernard
Climate Change (MoCC) announced in Tongan descent to be appointed District Grundler.
a statement. His invaluable expertise Court Judge in the family jurisdiction at
and dedication in the field of climate Auckland’s Manukau District Court. PNG Power Limited has appointed
change made him a deserving leader to three new executives – Mark
champion the LnD cause, according to Sir Robin Fleming is the new Greenaway as Chief Technical Officer;
the statement. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dr Nigel Booker as Chief Commercial
the People’s Micro Bank (PNG) Limited. Officer; and Peter Mell, formerly the
Themba Kalua of Malawi is the United As the former group CEO for Bank South CCO, is now Chief Financial Officer.
Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Pacific, he brings 45 years of industry
in Samoa. Based in Apia, Kalua will experience to the Bank. The new Director-General of PNG’s
head the Samoa Multi-Country Office, National Agricultural Research Institute
and coordinate the UN development The Asian Development Bank has Council is Nelson Simbiken, replacing
operations in Cook Islands, Niue, and appointed Indonesian national, Said Warea Orapa.
Tokelau. Zaidansyah, as Country Director for
Papua New Guinea. He was previously Tony Sewen has been selected as
Bipen Prakash has been elected the Deputy Country Director for the new Acting Director General of
the new Chairman of the Pacific Indonesia. Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health, succeeding
Meteorological Council (PMC). He was Judith Melsul.
serving in an acting capacity as Director Northern Marianas’ Governor Arnold
of PMC. I. Palacios has re-appointed Michael Dr Anita Borja Enriquez has assumed
S. Sablan and Catherine Marie Attao her new role as the 12th President
Akisi Vinaka has been appointed to to the Commonwealth Economic of the University of Guam’s Board of
the Fiji Sugar Corporation Board of Development Authority board of Regents after serving as the Senior Vice
Directors, the first woman to join the trustees and to the Northern Marianas President and Provost at UOG for the
board. Vinaka has 23 years of farming Technical Institute board of trustees, last 10 years. Also, Dr Roseann Jones
experience as a cane farmer. respectively. has been appointed Dean of the School
of Business and Public Administration at
Mark Clough is the new General FSM President, Wesley Simina, has UOG.
Manager – Investment at Pacific sworn in three new diplomats – Jeem
Trade Invest (PTI) Australia. He Lippwe as Permanent Representative Fiji’s former Military Commander,
recently served as the CEO of the Fiji to the United Nations, and Jack Soram Mosese Tikoitoga is the country’s
Development Bank, where he led the and Teresa Filepin as Ambassador

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