(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Office of the Regulator leadership will
remain under Lematua Gisa Fuatai Purcell for the next three years.
Sealed by the Cabinet approval issued Wednesday this week, only two applicants
including Gisa had contested the post.
At the conclusion of the due
diligence review process and
interviews, the panel of three
unanimously recommended
Lematua as the most qualified
and experienced candidate for
the job.
Lematua brings a wealth of
experience and qualifications
which includes a Masters in Commerce and Administration from the Victoria
University of Wellington New Zealand (2003) complemented by a Post Graduate
Diploma in Information Systems Management from the same University.
A 1973 graduate of Samoa College, Lematua has a wealth of working experience
in the Information Communication and Technology industry both in Samoa and
abroad.

For six years (2003-2009) she served as the National ICT Sector Committee
Secretary and Assistant CEO with the Ministry of Communication, Information
and Technology.
And for the last 11 years, Lematua has worked in top management level posts
internationally which includes:
• (2009-2016); Head of Division/Project Manager-International
Telecommunication Organization, ITU Geneva Switzerland
• (2016-2018): Regional Adviser, South Pacific, Commonwealth
Telecommunication Organization, London United Kingdom
• (2018-present) Director, ICT Development-Commonwealth
Telecommunication Organization, London United Kingdom
• (2018-present) Acting Secretary General of the Commonwealth
Telecommunications Organizations, (CTO) London United Kingdom.
This will Lematua’s second term in office.
ENDS

Toe Tofia E Le Kapeneta Ia Lematua Ma Pule Fa’atonu

SO’O’UPU A LE MĀLŌ: Ua toe ‘ave le fa’atuatuaga o le Kapeneta i le Afioga iā
Lematua Gisa Fuata’i – Purcell na te ta’ita’ia le Ofisa o le Pulega Fa’atonu mo le
isi tolu tausaga.

I le mae’a o iloiloga a le Komiti
Fa’apitoa na feagai ma
fa’atalanoaga ma le iloiloina o
lea avanoa, ma tu’uina atu ai le
fautuaga i le laulauāfono a le
Kapeneta, ma fa’amaonia ai i
lana Fonotaga i lenei vaiaso, le
toe fa’aauau o lea tamāli’i o le
atunu’u i le tofiga o le Pule
Fa’atonu mo le Ofisa o le
Pulega Fa’atonu a Samoa.
O Lematua, ua lava lona silafia, ma ua loa fo’i lona malamalama i le fa’atinoga o
lea auaunaga, ma o lo’o ia umia fa’ailoga tauāloa o le Masters in Commerce and
Administration mai le Iunivesite a Vitoria i Uelinitone, Niu Sila i le 2003, e aofia
ai ma le Post Graduate Diploma in Information Systems Management.
O le 1973 na i’u mai ai ana a’oa’oga mai le Kolisi o Samoa, sa tautua fo’i i le
Komiti Fa’afailautusi a le Natioanal I.C.T. Sector mo le ono tausaga, ae fa’apea
fo’i i le Matāgaluega o Feso’otā’iga ma Fa’amatalaga Televavave Fa’aneionapo
(M.C.I.T.) i le tofiga o le Ofisa Sili Lagolago o Pulega.
E 11 tausaga sa auauna ai i Fa’alapotopotoga Fa’avāomālō e aofia ai;
• Fa’auluuluga o Vaega tau Polōketi mo le International Telecommunication
Organization, I.T.U. i Geneva, Switzerland i le 2009 i le 2016.

• Avea ma Faufautua Fa’aitulagi i le Pasefika, i le Fa’alapotopotoga o
Feso’otā’iga Fa’aneionapo a Mālō o le Taupulega, i totonu o Peretania Tele mai le
2016 i le 2018.
• O le 2018 se’ia o’o mai i le taimi nei, o lo’o avea o ia ma Fa’atonu o le
Atina’e Tau Feso’otā’iga, i le Fa’alapotopotoga o Feso’otā’iga Fa’aneionapo a
Mālō o le Taupulega i Peretania Tele.
• Sui Failautusi Aoao o le Fa’alapotopotoga o Feso’otā’iga Fa’aneionapo a
Mālō o le Taupulega i Peretania Tele, mai lava i le 2018 se’ia o’o mai i le asō.
O Lematua, o lana nofoā’iga lona lua lenei ta’itolu tausaga.