The Fiji Times

Meet the other directors

- By VERENAISI RAICOLA

ARCHIE Seeto was appointed as the independen­t director of Sun Insurance in October 2012.

Mr Seeto's reputation in Fiji is well-known. He is as an excellent administra­tor. The former country Head of Marsh Fiji took over the reins at Sun as CEO for six years until early 2011.

He served as a board consultant from 2011 until his appointmen­t as a director in November 2011.

Inia Naiyaga was appointed as the managing director effective June 2018.

Prior to this appointmen­t, Mr Naiyaga has served on the SUN board as a consultant since 2016 and was later appointed as the independen­t director in April 2018.

Mr Naiyaga is a chartered accountant CA, life member of the Fiji Institute of Accountant­s, Fellow of the Fiji Institute of Bankers FFIB and was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

FAICD.

He was a career central banker for 40 years and retired as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji in May 2014.

Prior to his retirement he also served as the deputy governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for five years.

He has served as the chairman of FHL Trustees Ltd, director of Fiji Electricit­y Authority and director of Transparen­cy Internatio­nal.

His expertise from the regulated Financial Services Sector is a great asset to the SUN Team.

Deven P. Sharma — Director: BCom, LLB, MD, CA (NZ & Fiji), CPA (Aust) , FCIS (UK), FRSPH (UK),FCLM (USA), TEP (UK); Barrister & Solicitor (Fiji); Commission­er of Oaths (Fiji); Notary Public (Fiji); Roll of Overseas Counsel (The Victorian Bar).

A founding director of Sun Insurance in 1999, Mr Sharma has over the years also assumed the roles of chief agent, alternate director of Sun Insurance before being reappointe­d as a director in 2018.

He has a wide range of experience in financial services, business advisory & planning and estates and taxation law in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

He is the principal of The Law Office of Deven P Sharma in Fiji which also has a representa­tive office in New Zealand. He is a member of the Fiji Law Society, Auckland District Law Society, Fiji Institute of Accountant­s, Governance NZ, CPA Australia, CAANZ, NHPNZ.

Mr Sharma also has an interest in medicine and in addition to his MD degree is a registered Natural Medicine Practition­er with NHPNZ in New Zealand.

 ?? Picture: SUPPLIED ?? Archie Seeto.
Picture: SUPPLIED Archie Seeto.
 ?? Picture: SUPPLIED ?? Inia Naiyaga.
Picture: SUPPLIED Inia Naiyaga.

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