Potoae Roberts Aiafi

Boy pushes a cart on the streets of Talimoro, Dili, Timor-Leste (Asian Development Bank/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Bringing people into Pacific policy

by Potoae Roberts Aiafi

14 December 2017

Potoae Roberts Aiafi

Dr Potoae Roberts Aiafi has worked in the Pacific for 17 years serving in various roles both in the public and private sectors. She is currently working as Samoa Country Representative for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Regional Pacific Leadership Program which supports various local organisations, groups, coalitions and individuals across the Pacific in their exercise of developmental leadership. She is a part time senior lecturer at the National University of Samoa teaching public policy as part of the postgraduate development studies. Potoae obtained her PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2016. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration in Economics and Econometrics from Victoria University of Wellington and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Monash University, Australia.