Former chief executive officer for South Pacific Stock Exchange, Latileta Qoro, has been appointed a board member of Pleass Global Ltd.

Ms Qoro joins the company’s board as an independent director. The decision was made at the Pleass annual general meeting last week where her appointment was approved.

“Laurel Vaurasi, our former board member’s rotation came up for retirement under our rotation directors’ policy, and Laurel opted not to put herself forward for a further appointment, so Lati was appointed,” Pleass Global Ltd Marketing and HR Director, Cate Pleass said.

“The board members are delighted to have Lati join the team. Lati will add financial acumen to the board but also a vast experience in her past jobs. And she is interested in the betterment of Fiji as a whole. She will be a very dynamic board member,” Ms Pleass said.

“Lati’s experience in the South Pacific Stock Exchange is of great value to us and also she has a very vibrant attitude and personality which will bring a lot of interest and excitement in the board,” she added.

The appointment of board members, Ms Pleass said, depended on the type of board members, but they did have a policy that dictated the length of time each board member was elected and then they would come up for rotation.

“So we have executive board members and non-executive board members so they rotate and are elected according to the policy.”

Ms Pleass said their board members comprised six members and they were fortunate to have a gender-balanced board.

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