Our Associates

Meet our team of skilled associates

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Alice Leney

For the past 30 years, ‘Alice’ Leney has been working across virtually all of the Pacific Islands, helping them deal with their waste...

Ben Schultz

Ben has over 25 years of international development experience across the Asia-Pacific region. In the Pacific alone this has included work...

Brucetta Toatu McKenzie

Brucetta is a citizen of the UK and Kiribati. She has lived worked and studied in Hawaii, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and Kiribati -...

Dr David Angelson

David is a qualified epidemiologist (MMedSci, PhD, MACE), with over 15 years of experience in global health. He has served on projects...

Eileen Kwalea (Solomon Islands) of E.B. Kwalea Consulting

Eileen is a Solomon Islands national with origins from both Papua New Guinea and The Solomon Islands. Eileen holds a Bachelor of Social...

Dr Elisabeth Poppelwell

Elisabeth has lived and worked in New Zealand and Australia. She has traveled widely in Africa, Asia, and Europe, and has undertaken work...

Dr Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau

Faka’iloatonga has studied at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand, and completed his PhD in...

Dr Fiona Kotvojs

Fiona has had a varied career working in roles across a range of sectors. Following her B.Sc.(Hon) and working as a high school teacher,...

Dr Greg Sherley

Greg was raised on the Kapiti Coast, near Wellington, and developed an early passion for science and biodiversity, which culminated in a...

Hannah Stewart

Hannah is an experienced leader in the international development sector, with a passion for providing quality advice and quality...

Helen Bradford of Capire

Helen is a business writer, accredited editor and accredited executive coach with an international development background. For over 25...

Hilary Gorman of Hilary Gorman Consulting Ltd

Hilary has been based in Rarotonga, Cooks Islands since 2008. She specialises in applied research, monitoring and evaluation and...

Ian Cartwright of Thalassa Consulting Ltd

Ian has over 35 years of experience as a fisheries management and development practitioner. He specialises in developing fisheries...

Dr Iobi Batio (Kiribati)

Dr Iobi is a Banaban who grew up in Rabi, Fiji. He is now mainly based in Tarawa, Kiribati. Iobi attended medical school in Fiji and has...

Jonathan Fletcher of Kanalytica Ltd

Jonathan is an engineer, with a B.E (Hons). from Canterbury University, M.E. (Environmental Engineering) from Auckland University and a...

Julie Affleck

Julie is an international development specialist who demonstrates her belief in supporting local people develop the capacity and...

Lisa Sheppard

Lisa is a highly-experienced policy professional with over 20 years of experience managing cross-government policy teams in a wide range...

Mandy Whyte

An experienced team leader, policy adviser, and program manager Mandy Whyte has lived and worked in Asia and the Pacific supporting a...

Meenakshi Sankar

Meenakshi was raised in multiple cities across India and began her career in research and evaluation in Mumbai, India. She moved to...

Paul Brown

Paul has an MBA, BE (Civil), MInstD, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He has combined these...

Sam Jennings of Jennings Consulting Ltd

Sam Jennings is an innovative and creative solutions-oriented lawyer turned legal and policy consultant and business advisor. Sam’s...

Sarah Cotgreave of Globaltraid Ltd

Sarah is a director of Globaltraid Limited. She is a procurement, eCommerce and innovation specialist and supports governments with...

Siosiua Utoikamanu

Siosiua’s career highlights include the seven years he served as the Minister of Finance and Chief Commissioner on Revenue for the...

Teresa Lifuka-Drecala (Tuvalu)

Teresa is a citizen of Fiji as well as Tuvalu, and lives in Funafuti. She is fluent in English, Fijian and Tuvaluan. Teresa completed a...

Dr Virginia Adams

Virginia is currently based in Taranaki, New Zealand. She holds a PhD (international Development); M.IntDev; B.A (Education). Virginia is...