The Australia-Pacific Partnerships Platform Support Unit is a diverse team of individuals with the skills and expertise to provide advice, implementation and operational support to DFAT and Pacific partners. Located in Australia and across the Pacific, the Support Unit also strengthens partnerships by facilitating connections and knowledge exchange and is set up to respond to individual country requests.
The Support Unit is backstopped by a pool of technical advisers in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, gender equality, inclusion, gender-responsive budgeting, public finance management and communications.
Joanna Spencer
Team Leader
Location: Vanuatu
Amali Shaw
MELA and Communications Manager
Location: Fiji
Kapil Raj
Finance and Operations Manager
Location: Fiji
Paul Jeffery
Program Director
Location: Nauru
'Ana Talanoa Baker
Country Manager
Location: New Zealand
Etita Morikao
Country Lead
Location: Fiji
Natalina Hong
Senior Program Officer
Location: Solomon Islands
Gabriella Marimyas
Senior MEL Officer
Location: Papua New Guinea
Mele'ofa Mafi
Senior Finance Officer
Location: Tonga
Jignasha Hansji
Senior HR and Recruitment Officer
Location: New Zealand
Sherita Sharma
Senior Communications Officer
Location: New Zealand
Nuwan Peiris
Interim Senior Program and Deployment Support Officer