Director's welcome
The PACE Program is ANZSOG’s flagship program for the Pacific region. Developed in collaboration with AusAID and key stakeholders across the Pacific, the program has been designed to meet the unique learning needs of its participants, the next generation of public sector leaders in the Pacific. With a curriculum tailored to the special features of managing public services in the Pacific, the program provides each participant with an unparalleled opportunity to enhance his or her management and leadership capabilities.
Since it commenced in 2007, the PACE Program has enjoyed strong support from governments in the Pacific, and from the Australian Government. We have been privileged to deliver a program of the highest quality to keen and committed participants. And we have been especially fortunate to have access to a range of very eminent Pacific presenters, whose contributions to the program have been complemented by those of very senior academics and practitioners in Australia and New Zealand.
With its emphasis on the acquisition of high level management skills and insights, PACE offers participants an exceptional learning experience that leads to membership of a growing and influential alumni network that spans the Pacific. If you are committed to building the capacity of the public sector in the Pacific, I strongly urge you to consider becoming a participant in the PACE Program.
Guest Presenters
A wide range of presenters, both practitioners and academics, are drawn from the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand.
Distinguished presenters from the Pacific include:
Ms Vaosa Epa, Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Samoa
Ms Emele Duituturaga, Independent Consultant, and Former CEO for the Fiji Ministry of Women, Social Welfare, Poverty Alleviation and Housing
Mr Rex Horoi, Executive Director, Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International, Fiji
Mr Richard E Kassman OBE, Board member, Transparency International, PNG
Professor David Kavanamur, Foundation Professor of Management, School of Business Administration, University of PNG
Mr Lelei Lelaulu, Chairman of the board of the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific
Mr Graham Leung, Lawyer and former Human Rights Commissioner, Fiji
Dr Asenati Liki Chan Tung, Lecturer in Ethics and Governance, School of Government, Development Studies and International Affairs, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Fa’amausili Dr Matagialofi Lua’iufi, Consultant and Former CEO, Samoan Public Service Commission
Professor Vijay Naidu, Director, Development Studies and Head of School of Government, Development and International Affairs (SGDIA), University of the South Pacific
Misa Telefoni Retzlaff, Consultant and former Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa
Presenters from Australia and New Zealand include:
Mr Ernest Antoine, Consultant, Leadership Strategies
Professor Nita Cherry, Professor of Leadership, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology
Mr Ron Eckman, Director, Apex Project Management, New Zealand
Professor Mark Evans, Director, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, Professor of Governance, University of Canberra
Professor Geoff Gallop, Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
Ms Jenny Hutt, Organisational Development Consultant, Thought Partners
Associate Professor Joanne Kelly, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
Ms Cheryl Kernot, Director of Social Enterprise, Centre for Social Impact, University of Sydney
Ms Alexandra Mills, NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption
Ms Christine Nixon, Consultant and former Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority
Professor Michael O’Donnell, Professor of Human Resource Management, School of Business, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales
Ms Deborah Rhodes, Consultant, Leadership Strategies
Mr Chris Walker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Master of Policy Studies, School of Social Science and International Studies, University of New South Wales
Professor Pat Weller, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University