The Chamber of Commerce has a new President. He is Tuala Pat Leota of Isitolo Leota Chartered Accountants.
Tuala succeeds Tupa’i Klaus Stunzner in the role. The appointment was made during the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting at Hotel Elisa on Monday night.
In his thank you speech, Tuala acknowledged Tupa’i and the outgoing Executive Council members for the work done in the past 12 months.
He welcomed the new members onto the Executive Council, saying that he will have to work extra hard as the outgoing President had set the bar high, something that he will strive to work towards in serving the membership.
In the President’s report, Tupa’i reminded that Chamber is one of the first private sector organisations dating back to the early 1900s.
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The fact that it continues to grow in membership numbers, credibility, and national, regional and international recognition, is a testament of the Chamber has for its members, the value placed on the contribution that our organization continues to make to the sustainable development of the private sector and the economy of Samoa.
The confidence that the Government, development partners, donors and stakeholders have in Chamber as the key partner is also a plus, he said.
The composition of Chamber membership is of micro, small, medium and large businesses, state owned enterprises across all sectors of the economy, and therefore Chamber represents and advocates for all sectors and industries.
The outgoing President thanked all sponsors, companies, development partners, organisations and associations and a strong partnership with the Government of Samoa for their contribution and support throughout 2014.
Tupa’i was pleased to announce that the funding for the operationalization of the Chamber Secretariat was confirmed from the Pacific Leadership Program till June 2017, an increase in PLP’s assistance adding two new additional positions to the current five staff members.
With this renewed commitment from PLP, the capacity that the Chamber Secretariat has now placed emphasis on more support and delivering tangible results for its members.
One of the highlights of 2014 was the S.I.D.S conference in which the Chamber as the National Private Sector Organisation co-hosted with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed countries, the Private Sector Forum and in partnership with the S.B.E.C organized the S.I.D.S village.
Tupa’i announced that he was not seeking re-election as he will now focus on his P.I.P.S.O Chair role, which will end in 2016.
The 2015 Executive Council members for the Chamber of Commerce are;
President: Tuala Pat Leota, Isitolo Leota Chartered Accountants Vice President: Alex Brunt, Ah Liki Wholesales Group Treasurer: Petra Chan Tung, Samoa National Provident Fund Secretary: Peseta Margaret Malua, SBEC Executive Council members (3): Taito John Roache, Commercial Printers, Jason Annandale, Schuster Betham Annandale Lawyers, Gerogina Lui, CCK/ Ford Samoa Private Sector Organisations representative:
Sheree Stehlin, WIBDI, Nynette Sass, Samoa For Real Past Presidents:
Klaus J. Stunzner, Samoa Spare Parts & Accessories, Namulauulu Sami Leota, Federal Pacific Insurance, Tuiloma Lemalu Sina Retzlaff, Apia Rentals/Imex Money Tranfer
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