Executive Committee Members
- Geoffrey Shaw (Chairman)
- Geoffrey Shaw is also the Managing Director of Castaway Island Fiji and has been Chairman for the Mamanuca Environment Society from 2004 till to date.
- Arthur Reed (Treasurer)
- Arthur Reed was the pioneering Chairman for the Society, in its inception, from 2003 to 2004. He is also the Managing Director for Navini Island Resort.
- Ella Bennette (Secretary)
- Miss Ella Bennett is the Secretary for the MES and is also the Group Activities Manager for Ahura Resorts on Malolo Island. Before Moving to Fiji, Ella resided in Port Douglas—far north Queensland, where she worked in a wild life sanctuary as a tour guide taking interpretive tours. Ella also worked as a dive instructor on the Great Barrier Reef for three years. Other organisations which she worked for and gained her vast experience include Diving Headquarters at the Melbourne Aquarium and Aquamarine in Vanuatu where she took people scuba diving on the SS President Coolidge—the largest and most accessible ship wreck in the world.
- Karen Koens
- New Zealander Karen Koens who moved to Fiji three years ago is the owner of Subsurface Fiji. Karen resides on Beachcomber Island and manages the operation for seven of her dive shops throughout the Mamanucas. Altogether Subsurface Fiji provides diving services for 18 resorts.
- Ratu Serupepeli Naitau
- Serupepeli Naitau hails from Yaro Village on Malolo Island and is currently the Front Office Manager for Mana Island Resort. He is also the head of the Tokatoka Nabukelevu, Mataqali Ketenamasi and the Yavusa Lawas (Fijian Social Units) in Yaro Village. Besides the aforementioned roles, he is the vital link between the MES and Yaro village enabling the smooth transition of the Society’s requests to the village Turaga ni Koro (chief) and the Yaro community at large.
- Ronnie Chang
- Ronnie Chang joined Pacific Island Air Limited in March 2000 as Sales and Marketing Manager. His association with the airline industry dates back to May 1971 when he was first employed as an Office Boy with Qantas Airways Ltd. Much of his working life in the airline industry was in the Passenger Services area and he had also worked with several carriers including American Airlines; Pan Am; UTA French Airlines and Air New Zealand.
