Born and raised on San Cristobal (Makira) Solomon Islands 1952. 

       Attended King George VI  Secondary School 1970-1974

       Studied for Dip Ed. 1975-77 University of the South Pacific

       Worked as a Teacher at St Joseph Catholic Secondary School –Solomon Islands. 1978- June 79

       Peace Corps Consultant as Co-Author of Solomon Islands Pijin Text books for Peace Corps Langauge & Cultural Training Manuals. July-December 1979

       Joined Teaching Staff of St Joseph Secondary School- 1980

       Went to University of Papua New Guinea to do an In-Service BEd specialising in Educational Planning - 1981-82.

       Appointed as Deputy Principal of St. Joseph Secondary School, Solomon Islands- 1983.

       Obtained a Government Scholarship to study ESL and TOFL at Sydney University 1984...Graduated with Postgraduate Dip TEFL and Masters Qualifying. Accepted to do an MA in Applied Linguistics, 1985-86. Graduated with an MA and DIP TEFL- 1986.

       Joined Solomon Island College of Higher Education as Head of English Department at the School of Education. 1987

       Principal of Solomon Islands College of Higher Education (SICHE) 1989- September 1992.

       November of 1992 to Feb. 2000 appointed as Solomon Islands Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the United States and High Commissioner to Canada based in New York. During this period, I represented my Government in various International Conferences such as Barbados Conference for Small Island developing States,WSSD, Habitat, World Food Conference and other consensus building conferences on Conventions such as Biodiversty, Climate Change and Straddling and Migratory Fish Stocks Agreement.

       Executive Director for the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI). April 2000..... FSPI with over 36 years of experience is a network of independent NGOs and the  largest Service Delivery Non-Governmental Organisation working with Grassroot Communities in the Pacific. The Network covers Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, PNG, Tuvalua and East Timor including three metropolitan members AFAP- Australia, JWP- UK and CPI- USA.

       Married with three children.

       Hobbies: Thinking....Martial Arts, Walking, Golf, Tennis, Classical music and handicrafts from different Cultures.