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Kolone Vaai

Co-Managing Director and Principal Consultant

Kolone Vaai has experience in the public and private sector and management as a result of a professional career at various senior and executive level positions in the Government of Samoa up to 1991 and from 1991 at consultancy levels.  He has been involved with a wide range of developmental and reform programmes, design and implementation through his membership of various consultancies and studies of a number of key sectors in the Pacific Island economies. 

Epa Tuioti

Co-Managing Director and Principal Consultant

Epa Tuioti was the head of the Treasury Department and was the principal financial and economic advisor to the Government of Samoa from 1991 to 1999. In that position he was involved in designing and implementing several development and reform policy initiatives of Government. Since joining KVAConsult in 2000, he has had extensive experience in the public sector consultancies in Samoa and across the Pacific region.  He has also been involved in the review of Pacific regional organisations. He has extensive private sector experience through his directorship in a number of private companies and membership in the Executive Council of the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Naomi Christina Tuioti

Senior Consultant (Finance, Investment Banking and Private Sector Business Development)

Naomi Tuioti previously worked at ANZ Bank as a Relationship Manager in the Credit Department. She joined KVAConsult Ltd in 2003 and is principally involved in investment and finance activities, private sector development at enterprise level, financial modeling and construction, financial management, business advisory services, debt and equity raising, debt restructuring and venture capital fund management. She has developed financial models for assessment of a number of investment projects including the Aggie Grey’s Beach Resort project and the Samoa Venture Capital Fund. She has also had regional experience in identification and coordination of investment projects.

Nadia Meredith-Hunt

Consultant (Public Sector & International Trade)

Nadia Meredith-Hunt joined KVAConsult in 2009 having previously worked for the Ministry of Finance, Aid Coordination and Debt Management Unit as the Programme Manager for the Water Sector Support Programme, where she was responsible for the coordination and management of water sector reforms. Nadia has extensive project management experience with development assistance programmes, as well as developing and managing donor related projects in sectors such as trade, tourism, private sector, civil society, environment and water.  During her time with the Ministry of Finance she was also involved with the public finance management reforms.

Audrey Brown-Pereira

Manager Corporate Services and Project Management

Audrey Brown-Pereira joined KVAConsult in 2008 having previously worked in the Vice-Chancellor and President’s Office of the National University of Samoa, where she was the editor of the university academic calendars, and involved with the development of various policies including the staff salary review between the Institutes of Higher Education and Technology. Audrey also has an extensive background in international relations and diplomacy having served the Cook Islands Government in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration including the Consulate-General and High Commission in New Zealand.

Kenichi Tuioti

ICT Advisor

Kenichi Tuioti joined KVAConsult in 2008 after previous employment in New Zealand for Rakon Limited, a large electronics manufacturer. His responsibilities include the assessment and evaluation of client ICT Infrastructures in an effort to further develop and maximise the use of Information and Communication Technology. He is a member of the Japan Grassroots Human Grant Aid Security Programme and is responsible for financial management, procurement contracting and monitoring, preparation of monthly implementation progress reports and project completion reports. He is also involved in the Telecommunications and Postal Sector Reform project. 

Rachel Vaai

Research Officer (Project Management and Research)

Rachel Vaai joined KVAConsult in 2007 after employment in the retail sector. She is a team member of the Telecommunications and Postal Sector Reform project and is responsible for financial management, procurement contracting and monitoring, preparation of quarterly implementation progress reports and project completion reports. She is also involved in private sector development at the financial modeling and construction, financial management, debt and equity raising, debt restructuring and venture capital fund management.

Leota Ropati Mualia

Research Officer (Project Management and Research)

Ropati Mualia joined KVAConsult in late 2009 where he was formerly with the Aid Coordination and Debt Management Division for the Ministry of Finance. A graduate from the University of Otago, Ropati brings to KVAConsult a fresh approach to grassroots development projects where he has an affinity to working in NGOs and rural communities. An Executive Member of the Samoa Rotaract Club and the Samoa Power Lifting Team, Ropati is a people person whose strengths lie in facilitation and communication.

Louisa Vailu’u-Schwenke

Research and Executive Support Officer

Louisa Vailu’u-Schwenke is a recent graduate from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. She is a new addition to the KVAConsult team who provides research and analysis in her specialist fields of Economics and Banking and Finance. In addition to her research role Louisa provides executive support for the Corporate Services including project management assistance for the World Bank Telecommunications and Postal Sector Reform Project as well as the Embassy of Japan Grassroots Projects.

Ofusina Epa-Laulala

Executive Assistant

Ofusina Epa-Laulala brings to KVAConsult a professional background in the tourism industry where she was formerly employed with Polynesian Airlines. The first point of contact upon visiting or calling the KVAConsult office Ofusina will provide all clients with assistance including any requests for appointments with the Co-Managing Directors and staff. In addition to Ofusina’s role at KVAConsult she is a part time student with the University of the South Pacific Extension Centre at the Alafua Campus in Samoa.

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