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.
- Steve Anstey (Treasurer)
- Steve Anstey is the Group General Manager for Ahura Resorts, which boasts Malolo Island Fiji - a retreat for couples looking for a traditional Fijian getaway and also for families in search of a tranquil break with one of the nation’s best children’s clubs available. Steve’s passion for luxury tourism has driven Malolo Island Fiji to new standards and his eye for detail has led to the development of Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Fiji’s most unique couples only retreat with the country’s first ever over water bures. Steve holds vast experience in hospitality and tourism and has worked in some of Australia’s most prestigious resorts and hotels.
Apart from his responsibilities outlined above, Steve is an active Executive Member of the Mamanuca Environment Society and an advocate for marine environment protection.
- Arthur Reed
- 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.
- Seremaia Nasusu
- Ratu Seremaia Nasusu is the Head of the Vunaivi Clan and is a pioneer supporter for conservation around the Mamanuca and Malolo group of islands. He is a long serving employee with the Tourism Industry working since 1967 at several resorts before joining Tokoriki Island Resort as an activities attendant. Mr Nasusu is a community representative for MES and has been working with MES since 2002 when it was started.
- 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.
- Scott O’Connor
- Scott O’Connor has been the Managing Director of Namotu Island Resort for
the last 14 years. With his partners they created the first “surf resort” in the
world with an eye on surfers to be able to bring their wives and girlfriends to
a resort not a surf CAMP! Namotu is still the surf resort by which all others
are compared.
Scott personally has been on the water all his life competing at the highest
levels in the world at sailing and windsurfing and is an avid surfer. Namotu
is all about marine awareness and was a founding member of MES.
- John Grocock
- John currently holds the role of General Manager of Sonaisali Island Resort
having had an extensive amount of experience managing hotels and resorts
throughout Australia and the South Pacific for both large hotel companies as
well as independently owned properties.
John has worked previously in Fiji having held the roles of General Manager
of Suva Travelodge (now Holiday Inn) and Worldmark Denarau Island (now
Wyndham Denarau Island), he also worked in the neighbouring country of
Vanuatu managing the Le Lagon Parkroyal Resort.
John has been involved in a range of organisations, external to his General
Manager roles, having held positions on the FHA Board during his first
appointment in Fiji, held the role of President of the Vanuatu Hotels & Resort
Association and sat on the Board of Directors of the National Tourism Office
of Vanuatu.
John is an avid scuba diver holding the qualification of Dive Instructor with
PADI and is passionate about the ongoing care and preservation of the
environment, particularly the oceans and their sensitive eco systems that he
lives by and plays in.
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