KEITH JACKSON
THE Autonomous Bougainville Government has appointed high flying Mortlocks man Monovi Amani, 52, as chief secretary and head of the Bougainville public service.
Mr Amani is currently the Provincial Administrator of New Ireland, a position he has held for the past two years. He has previously been a business and taxation consultant, an accounting lecturer and a tax assessor with PNG’s Internal Revenue Commission.
With tertiary qualifications in commerce, accounting and business, Mr Amani has been a member of the Australian Society for Chartered Practicing Accountants since 1992.
As Provincial Administrator of New Ireland, Mr Amani developed a new approach to improving service delivery and he has been able to turn the provincial government’s vision and political goals to improve services in the rural communities.
“He has demonstrated success in developing a strong sense of achieving results under different approaches including the development of teams that complement each other,” said Bougainville President, Dr John Momis.
“This is exactly what Bougainville needs today.”
Dr Momis also thanked the chief secretarry, Chris Siriosi, in the job since August 2013.
“The progress under his leadership in the last 15 months has been substantial,” Dr Momios said.
“Included in those achievements was establishing the Bougainville Public Service, introducing the Bougainville public finance system, revitalising the annual budget process and improved engagement with the PNG national government.
One of Mr Amani’s first tasks will be to appoint 13 Bougainville departmental heads for which there have been more than 150 applications.