(EDITOR’S NOTE- Pouli Dr. Keneti Faulalo, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Samoa Export Authority, is a Massey University PhD graduate which we missed to include in the original Press Release announcement.
We humbly regret our oversight and apologize to Dr. Faulalo, our viewers and readers for any inconvenience caused. Ma le fa’aaloalo tele lava.)
(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT) – Pouli Dr. Keneti Faulalo is the first Chief Executive Officer to lead the newly created Samoa Export Authority.
The appointment, inked by Cabinet at its weekly meeting Wednesday 13th June 2024, attracted three other candidates who applied and were interviewed for the post.
A 1980 Samoa College alumni, Pouli continued his education journey with the New Plymouth Boys High School marching on to the University of Canterbury to graduate with a Bachelor of Science complemented by a Master of Science with Honors.
A son of the ‘Aiga Sā-Matiū from Utuali’i village, Pouli brings more than two decades of work experiences in international development, with a strong focus on the sustainable development issues of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
As an international Consultant, he was a Senior Technical Adviser for UNDP and FAO projects around the Pacific islands in the areas of sustainable agriculture, sustainable value-chains and transformation of food systems.
Prior to working as an independent Consultant, Dr. Faulalo spent10 years in the United Nations-system as a UNEP Officer in the Pacific islands and then as the Inter-regional Advisor in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) in New York on SIDS issues and subsequently on water and climate change adaptation.
Before the United Nations, he served as a Programmer Manager for Pacific regional and multilateral environment programmes in the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (NZ MFAT).
He was also a lecturer at the National University of Samoa and a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Agriculture for the University of South Pacific.
On a voluntary basis, he is on the Executive Boards of the Samoa Cancer Society and of the Sosaiete Fa’asao o Samoa/Samoa Conservation Society. He is also the Chair of the interim Board of a new NGO in Samoa called Live&Learn Environmental Education (LLEE-Samoa).
Under the umbrella of the Ministry of Public Enterprises, the Samoa Export Authority is one of the key initiatives highlighted in the Government’s manifesto.
The authority’s mission is to strengthen Samoa’s export capacities. Agricultural products is the initial target with the long term target for all exports to come under the Authority’s microscope.
Pouli’s appointment is for three years.
Pouli Dr. Keneti Faulalo le Ofisa Sili Fou o Pulega o Fefa’atauaiga o Oloa a Samoa
SO’O’UPU A LE MĀLŌ: Ua fa’ai’ugāfonoina e le Kapeneta le tofia aloā’ia o le Afioga iā Pouli Dr. Keneti Faulalo ma ulua’i Ofisa Sili Fou o Pulega o Fefa’atauaiga o Oloa a Samoa (Samoa Export Authority).
Sa a’oa’oina o ia i le Kolisi o Samoa i le 1980, fa’aauau lea i le Kolisi Mauāluga a New Playmouth Boys i Niu Sila ma fa’aauau ai i le Iunivesite a Canterbury ma fa’au’uina ai i ona fa’ailoga tauāloa o le Bachelor of Science ma le Masters of Science with Honors.
O se alo e fa’asino i le ‘Āiga – Sā Matiu i Utuali’i. Ua loa ona tomai ma agava’a fa’apitoa i matā’upu tau atina’e fa’avāomālō aemaise o le taula’i o le va’ai i matā’upu tau atina’e fa’aauau mo Atunu’u Tau Atia’e i le Pasefika ma le lalolagi atoa.
O se tamāli’i sa avea ma Konesale i Samoa nei ma atunu’u e mamao fa’apea ai ma nisi o Fa’alapotopotoga Fa’avāomālō i le lalolagi. E matuā lava lelei lona silafia i le itu tau atina’e fa’aauau ma polōketi fa’atino i mo fa’ato’aga, faigāfaiva, lafumanu, ma taumafa.
O le fa’atūina ai o lea Pulega Fou, o le va’ai mamao lea a le Mālō, ina ia matuā unā’ia le lava o avanoa fa’avāomālō mo fefa’atauā’iga o ā tatou oloa ma auina atu i Samoa nei mo isi atunu’u o le lalolagi.
O Pouli, o le ulua’i Ofisa Sili o Pulega lea, ua mua’i tofia ina ua fa’atoā fa’avaeina lenei Pulega Fou mo Fefa’atauaiga o Oloa a Samoa (Samoa Export Authority).
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