Coordinating Regions:
ANZ: Australia, New Zealand
Pacific Island Nations: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Managing Ambassador
I am a Senior Manager of Customer Complaints Governance with the Westpac Group. Prior to joining Westpac in 2014, I worked for a boutique law firm focussing on franchise and contract law. I have held a variety of roles within the Westpac Group, including roles in compliance and framework governance development and implementation across wealth products and complaints. I hold a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Bond University, as well as a Masters of Development Studies from the University of New South Wales.
I am currently supporting the Aminata Maternal Foundation with governance policies and frameworks and in the process of being appointed their current company secretary. I am the current Company Secretary for the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation, who raise funds for healthcare services on behalf of The Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick. I have held the position of National Co-Chair of The Youth Network (2019-2020) - Westpac’s employee action group focussed on educating, engaging and empowering the youth of the organisation and community, and also sat Circuit Committee for the Financial Services Council at Westpac’s representative. I am currently participating in the 2021 Westpac Board Observership Program, an internal leadership development program, where I will be observing the board operations of an organisation focussed on mental wellbeing programs in young adults.
Coordinating Ambassadors
Australia and New Zealand
Tiana Jakicevich hails from Ngāti Kahungungu ki Te Wairoa, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai, Ngāi Tūhoe and Croatian heritage. She is a dynamic advocate for environmental protection and climate action. With a deep connection to her iwi and the natural world, she has dedicated her work to ensuring a sustainable future for all.
Tiana's work and leadership spans Aotearoa and the Pacific, where she is at the forefront of efforts to phase out fossil fuels and revitalise Indigenous knowledge to tackle the global climate change and biodiversity loss crises. Her vision for a just, resilient future is driven by the belief that rangatahi (young people) can create lasting, positive change
Pacific Island Nations
Joshua Peauafi is a proud Pacific leader of Tongan and New Zealand European descent with a degree in Pacific and Media Studies from Victoria University of Wellington. Passionate about community engagement and cultural innovation, he has spearheaded initiatives that empower Pacific communities across Aotearoa and the Pacific. Joshua co-founded POTPLANT STUDIO, a social enterprise using plant workshops to foster mental health conversations, and founded the PasiPaki Project, focusing on Pacific entrepreneurship and innovation. His impactful work has earned him numerous accolades, including the Kiwibank Local Hero Medal and the Leading the Pacific Scholarship.
Pacific Island Nations
Lavau Nalu is a (blak) multi-disciplinary storyteller, humanitarian and medical doctor with a keen interest in global health and social justice. Recognized as a leader in the Pacific, Lavau has been involved in innumerable health projects, selflessly devoting his time to improve health outcomes. At present, Lavau work as a youth health educator & executive team member for the PNG Health Project, an organization dedicated to improving health literacy in PNG. Simultaneously, he serves as the PNG-Australian Liaison & Cultural Advisor to the Bush Dokta Initiative Project Yumi, an Australian charity getting essential medical resources to rural Papua New Guinea. He was awarded a 2021 Kokoda Track Foundation Archers Leadership Award for his work in public health in Papua New Guinea.
Beyond the realms of Medicine, Nalu co-founded and curates archiveples - a digital media project that renegotiates the visual narrative and external perception of Papua New Guinea, by documenting visual stories of PNG shared by Papua New Guineans themselves, hereby taking control of the gaze, navigating colonial histories and false assumptions about PNG and the larger Melanesian community.
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