Maria Fuata

Deputy Director-General Operations and Integration (stationed in Nouméa)

Maria Fuata is the Deputy Director-General Operations and Integration of the Pacific Community

(SPC) since 24 July 2023. She is part of SPC’s Senior Executive Team leading the Operations and Management Directorate, OMD, comprising Finance, Human Resources, Information Services, Operations, Legal Counsel, Partnerships, Integration and Resource Mobilisation as well as oversight of the Europe O􀆯ice and Regional O􀆯ices in Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

Maria is a seasoned senior finance and management executive who has worked in Fiji and in New Zealand with more than 20 years of expertise across senior finance and corporate operational roles, programme management and auditing. Maria hails from the villages of Juju, Pepjei and Itumuta in Rotuma, Fiji.

In her last position, Maria was part of the Executive Leadership Team as General Manager, Corporate Services of the Hanga-aro-rau workforce development council in New-Zealand. She has also served as Deputy Board Chair of the Pacific Media Network and as a board member of the Pacific Business Trust.