The Chair of COL's Board of Governors,
Dr. Lewis Perinbam, is pleased to announce that the
Honourable Teima Onorio, Vice-President and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Government of the Republic of Kiribati, has been appointed to the Board as the representative for the Pacific region. Ms. Onorio is an educator who was first elected to parliament in 1998, and appointed to her current positions in 2003. She also holds a Master's degree in education. Ms. Onorio succeeds, the
Honourable Fiamé Naomi Mata'afa, Minister for Education, Samoa, who served on COL's Board from 1998. The Board welcomes Ms. Onorio and expresses its sincere thanks to Ms. Mata'afa, who served COL well for several years.
Mr. Malay Kapoor
joined COL in March 2005 as Human Resources & Contracts Coordinator. His role is to focus on human resource issues including the implementation of a results-based performance management system and contract policies.
Prior to joining COL, Mr. Kapoor worked with Emirates Airlines in Dubai (UAE) for six years in the Human Resources Department. He has also been involved in publishing educational and assessment tools for many years and has handled government and non-government contracts with international agencies including United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and World Health Organization (WHO).
Mr. Kapoor succeeds
Mr. Michael Cuddihy who returned to Australia in February.
Mr. Dele Omueti, PMP
joined COL as IT Coordinator in February 2005. In this newly created position in the organisation, Mr. Omueti is responsible for managing all aspects of COL's information technology environment, including support to COL personnel, management of IT vendors and maintaining a robust information technologies and services environment within the organisation. Mr. Omueti is an IT professional with experience in the air transport industry, oil and gas industry and IT service industry in West Africa and North America and is a Certified Project Manager through his membership in the Project Management Institute. He is actively involved in the Society of PM Professionals in Vancouver and is working towards completing a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC.