Development professional with over sixteen years of experience living and working in the Pacific region, namely Samoa. A national-level consultant specializing in project management, rural livelihoods development, community outreach, policy and statistical analysis and digital innovation in various thematic areas related to international development such as agriculture, environment and industry. Over eight years managing public affairs, political, economic, and military portfolios for U.S. Embassy Apia. Experienced managing numerous grants, programs, media campaigns, development projects, budgets, volunteer placements, and humanitarian missions involving various federal agencies, host nation governments, and civil society organizations. Experienced office leader in a cross-cultural setting. Excellent at multi-tasking and delivering quality work in a timely manner.
James Lewis, Director of Intercoastal Consulting, is a certified practicing civil engineer with over 15 years of experience specialising in coastal engineering throughout Australasia and across the Pacific. He has a broad knowledge of coastal protection design, integrated coastal management and surf amenity. James’s skills extend outside the office where he has led large-scale metocean deployments, analysing the data captured in the field to calibrate numerical models used to inform coastal design.
He has focussed the last 10 years of his career on working in Small Island Developing States (SIDs) in climate change adaptation, concerned primarily with developing climate-resilient coastal protection. James aspires to see the design phase through to implementation; having supported procurement, and contracting and undertaken construction supervision on large projects in remote locations. He aims to provide value and support through the complete project lifecycle including the social, financial and institutional aspects of these projects, endeavoring to understand the administrative, governmental and funding mechanisms specific to each country and community and their relation to the delivery of a successful project.
Using his knowledge of coastal engineering, the ocean and the environment, James’ primary endeavor is to assist coastal communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
- 4 years in the finance industry
- Large scale project management change projects/programmes across diverse sectors and industry such as education, organisational change, social development, corruption, gender, equality, disability, social inclusion, equity, and Pacific development
- Capability development expertise - training and development proven experience in human centred design and train the trainer concepts.
- Masters in Advanced Leadership Practice (Massey University NZ)
- Specialise in building high performing teams by living ones vision, mission and culture
With a passion deeply rooted in the harmonious balance between development and environmental stewardship, Ms. Ofeira stands as a vanguard for integrating Environmental and Social Safeguards into every facet of project lifecycle—from conception to operation. Her extensive academic background, boasting a Master’s Degree in Engineering for Environmental Management and Design Planning, along with a Bachelor of Planning (HON) in Town Planning, provides a robust theoretical foundation for her pragmatic approach to sustainable development.
Boasting over two decades of experience, Ms. Ofeira is a seasoned expert in environmental and social management, offering a wealth of knowledge in resource management planning, project coordination and management, and socio-economic surveying. She brings a seasoned perspective to the projects she engages with, having successfully managed and coordinated multi-million-dollar initiatives funded by prestigious entities such as the World Bank, NZ Aid, UNDP, ADB, GCF, EU, SPREP, and the Japanese Embassy in Samoa.
Her career highlights include steering eminent government projects with budgets ranging up to ST$270 million, both in Samoa and on an international scale. Each project under her wing was brought to fruition, meeting and often exceeding donor expectations and fiduciary requirements— a testament to her acumen and dedication to excellence.
Ms. Ofeira's professional interests are a reflection of her commitment to the craft, with a primary focus on Environmental Management, Social Safeguards, Project Design, Resource Management Planning, and Project Management. With her combined expertise and achievements, Ms. Ofeira endeavors to pave the way towards sustainable development practices that don't just protect but enhance the environment and the communities that weave their existence within it.
Experienced environmental and social specialist and project developer handling projects in the Pacific Islands supported by multilateral and bilateral agencies such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, the Adaptation Fund and GCF. Over 11 years working within the frameworks of funding agencies safeguard policies, developing concept activity design, reviewing detailed designs, project implementation, identification of impacts, development of environmental management strategies and integration of meaningful stakeholder engagement into project activities. Very familiar with the cultural contexts across the Pacific region and experienced in the complexities and sensitivities of working at the project level in Small Island Developing States.
Safeguard Manager (Consultant) - South Tarawa Water Supply Project (GCF, ADB, WB)
National Climate Change Coordinator - Office of te Beretitenti/ President - Kiribati
Assistant Project Manager - Third National Communication (TNC)
Volunteer - Environment and Conservation Division
Tony is the Director and lead Systems Analyst of Eighty Options, a software development agency based in Hobart, Australia that specialises in application design strategy.
Eighty Options has extensive expertise and experience with web based software solutions, in particular using the Drupal platform and in relation to supporting the needs of multilateral organisations.
My area of interest is around community development and knowledge brokerage. For 14 years, I have worked with local communities under the Fisheries department. I also have international organizations with the most recent one where I worked as a CBFM specialist under the R2R project of the UN-FAO.
Currently, I am working as a consultant focusing on climate change and DRR knowledge brokerage under the DFAT funded project.
Consutancy Records:
1. National Coordinator - Australia Pacific Climate Alumni Network
2. Translation of climate readers - Acceralating Climate Education (DFAT)
3. Review and Develop National Disability Policy - Innovex Konsult
4. Anthropoligical Research Assistant - Institut für Ethnologie Universität Göttingen
5. Transcribe and Translate (social benefit evaluation survey) - World Bank
Employment record:
1. Fisheries Assistant - Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development
2. Ag Senior Fisheries Assistant - Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development
3. Community-based Fisheries Management Specialist - R2R project (UN-FAO) Kiribati
4. Sea cucumber research officer - Southern Cross University, ACIAR
Expertise:
1. Community Engagement
2. CC and DRR knowledge/Information brokerage
Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting & Business Tax Law, University of New South Wales, Australia 1999,
Master of Business Administration, USP Fiji, 2007
Member. Samoa Institute of Accountants
IAP2 Certified
Krishneil Narayan is a sustainable development professional with an economic, environmental and social change experience of 15 years. He is the Executive Director at Sustainable Future Consultancy specializing in sustainable development, climate change, security, youth development, education, disaster risk management, gender, social, economic and environmental project design, preparation, implementation and evaluation.
Krishneil is an experienced climate change negotiator at the United Nations where he has championed the priorities of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) for over a decade, contributed to the adoption of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage in 2013, the Paris Agreement in 2015, supported Fiji's COP23 Presidency and was an advisor to the UK Government's COP26 Presidency for the climate adaptation workstream.
He also works as an advisor to the Governments, development agencies, diplomatic missions, NGOs and the private sector to formulate development action plans. Having worked in the public sector, development organizations like the United Nations; and civil society he has extensive knowledge of international, regional and national policy analysis.
I Spend 9 years in a national government on the political, environment and climate change, governance and education sector space before venturing into new academic and professional challenges. In 2021 I was hired by a US based consulting and management firm Social Impact Inc. as their Data Lead in the evaluation of two US projects in the Pacific region - Climate Ready and ISSAC. Currently I was hired by UNDP as the Political & Parliamentary Project Coordinator Consultant for Kiribati Parliament.