Constituency: South Vella Lavella

Contact Address:

National Parliament Office P.O. Box G19 Honiara Solomon Islands Phone: +677 28520 Fax: +677 24272

Parliamentary Service

• Elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for South Vella Lavella Constituency in 5 December 2001. Re-elected in 5 April 2006.

Committee Appointments

• N/A

Ministerial Appointments

• Minister of Development Planning and Aid Coordination from 12 to 21 December 2007
• Minister for Tourism, Culture & Aviation from December 2001 to July 2002.
• Minister for Commerce, Employment & Trade as of July 2002 to July 2004.
• Minister for Culture & Tourism from April to May 2006.
• Minister Agriculture and Livestock from May to October 2006.

Qualifications

• Obtained certificates in accounting, mathematics and law studies from New Zealand Institute correspondences while working for Central Bank.
• certificate in advance accounting, Solomon Islands College of Higher Eduction
• St. Joseph’s Tenaru Secondary School from 1976 to 1978
• Goldie College Secondary School from 1974 to 1975
• Vonunu Primary School, Vella Lavella

Occupation before entering Parliament

• Managing Director of Tropicana Beach Resort from 1993 to 2001
• ANZ Bank, from 1979 to 1984
• Central Bank from 1984 to 1992

Conferences, Delegations, Visits

• Tourism Promotion and Conferences in Brisbane, 1995;  in New Zealand, Auckland in1996;  in Fiji Suva, 1995 & 1997

Personal

• Date of birth: 6 April 1959
• Village/ Home Island: Barakoma, Vella Lavella