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Dr Peter Dirou, Pacific Expert

Dr Parmendra Sharma, Pacific Island Centre for Development Policy and Research (PICDPR) in conversation with Dr Peter Dirou, Pacific Expert and Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute (Former ADB Consultant) on 28 July 2022, Suva.

Dr Peter Dirou is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, working closely with the Pacific Islands Centre for Development Policy and Research. Over the last 25 years Peter has consulted for a number of multilateral and bilateral organisations advising on financial sector policy, primarily in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He was formerly on the executive staff of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and has also worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit. Prior to joining Griffith, he led the finance focus area of the ADB’s Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative. Peter earned his PhD at the University of Melbourne Law School, and his research interests lie at the intersection of public law and institutional economics. Through his work with PICDPR he is aiming to advance thinking on conceptual frameworks suited to dealing with the economic and financial problems confronting Pacific Island countries.

Esala Masitabua, Reserve Bank of Fiji

Dr Parmendra Sharma, Pacific Island Centre for Development Policy and Research (PICDPR) in conversation with Mr Esala Masitabua, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) on 28 July 2022, Suva.

Mr Esala Masitabua was appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji on 1 January 2018. Mr Masitabua is a career central banker who joined the Reserve Bank of Fiji in 1997. In 2005, he was appointed to his first executive role as head of Currency operations and Bank’s Corporate Services. Later in 2010, he headed Prudential Supervision and Financial Stability as Chief Manager Financial Institutions. Prior to being appointed Deputy Governor, he was head of foreign reserves management and monetary policy implementation.