Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Major in Public Administration), University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (1994); Level 1 Sports Administration – Certificate (1996); Level 2 Sports Management – Certificate (1997); Advanced Event Management – Certificate (2004); Managing Olympic Sports Organisations (MOSO) Educator; MEMOS XI “Masters in Sports Organisation Management”, University of Lyon (France) (2008); Train-the-trainers – Certificate (2013); MOSO Educator (2014); AISTS Sport Management Seminar for Women Certificate (2015)
Career
Part-time employment with Kwila Insurance Corporation Ltd (1987-1993); Executive Assistant (1994-1997), then Manager-Operations (1998-2003), then Manager-Sports Programmes (2003-2006), then Deputy Secretary General (2007-2010), then Secretary General (2011-) of the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Sports practised
Netball
Sports career
School Sports Coordinator – Sogeri National High School; Assistant Manageress, PNG Contingent to the XVI Commonwealth Games (1988); Premier Division player - Rebels Netball Club in Port Moresby (1992-1996); Coached Rebels Under-17 -19 Junior Netball Teams (1994); Port Moresby Netball Competition; Accredited Sports Administrator – ASSA N.S.W. (1996-1997); Captain – Rebels “A” Reserve Team, Port Moresby Netball Association Competition (1996-1998); Coordinator – National Sports Symposium (1999); General Secretary, Port Moresby Netball Association (1999-2000); Olympic Torch Relay National Coordinator - PNG National Planning Task Force, Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay (2000); Operations Manager - Team PNG for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 (2004); Operations Manager – Team PNG for the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 (2008); Team Manager – Harlequins Women’s Rugby Union Team (2010); Chef de Mission, Team PNG for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010 (2010); PNG Olympic Committee Delegate (Secretary General) to all Games (2011-2015); PNG Olympic Committee Netball Premier Team (Public Servants Comp) (2013-2015)
Sports administration
PNG Women in Sport Committee (2000-2010); Oceania Women in Sport Working Committee (2004-2009); HIV Prevention Through Sport Committee (2007-2015); PNG 2015 Pacific Games Bid Committee (2009); Chairperson of SP Sports Awards Organising Committee (2010-2013); SP Sports Awards Selection Panel (2010-); Pride of PNG Awards Selector (National Women’s Awards) (2011); Board member of PNG Sports Anti-Doping Organisation (2011-); Member of PNG Olympic Committee Justification Committee (2011-); Member of PNG Games Council Executive (2011-); Chairperson of Grassroots to Gold Steering Committee (2011-); Board member of PNG Olympic Committee (2011-); Board member of 2015 Pacific Games Authority (2012-); Member of PNG Institute of Directors (2013-); Member of Pacific Games Council Disputes Tribunal – 2015 Pacific Games; Executive Committee member of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) (2014-); Executive Committee member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) (2014-)
Awards and distinctions
International Awards: Inaugural Alberto Madella Best Research Award – MEMOS XI (2008); IOC Women Sport Trophy – Oceania (2009) National Awards: Member of the Order of Logohu (ML) (2015) Academic: Service to School Award – Sogeri National High School (1989); PNG Government Scholarship to study at the University of Papua New Guinea (4 years) (1990)
IOC History
Member of the Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport Commission (2015-)