Amelia Kinahoi-Siamomua is a development economist, and a graduate
of Economics and Politics and post-graduate in Business
Administration. She is currently the Regional Programme Director
of the United Nations Development Fundís (UNIFEM) Pacific Regional
Office, based in Suva, Fiji.
Amelia had served as the Womenís Development Adviser and Head of
the Pacific Womenís Bureau of the Secretariat for the Pacific
Community based in Noumea, New Caledonia. She had also worked
with other regional and international organisations on economic
and social development in the Pacific. Amelia was previously based
in Suva for 4 years as the Development Cooperation Adviser for the
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and during her tenure with the
Secretariat, in March 1999, she was appointed by the European
Commission to be one of two Deputy Regional Authorising Officers
for Pacific Regional Projects provided under the Lome Convention.
Prior to her work with the Forum Secretariat, Amelia worked for
more than 7 years with the Asian Development Bankís regional
office for the Pacific, based in Port Vila, Vanuatu as a
Program/Economics Officer, and before then was serving in Tonga
for 5 years as an Economist for the Tonga Development Bank based
in Nukuíalofa, Tonga.
During her career, Amelia has presented papers at international,
regional and national conferences, seminars and meetings on
development issues in the Pacific.
Amelia is from Tonga, and her interests include meeting people,
tennis and gardening. Amelia is married with five children.