Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of Vanuatu Presents Credentials

 

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the United Nations, Odo Tevi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Tevi conducted consultancy assignments on behalf of the European Union, World Bank, Melanesian Spearhead Group, Pacific Institute of Public Policy and various other international clients in South East Asia, since 2013.

He previously served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu from 2003 to 2013, before which he was a Government Economist between 1998 and 2003.  From 2002 to 2003, he chaired the policy forum for the Vanuatu Government Prioritised Action Agenda, based on the medium-term development framework, of which he had prepared.

A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mr. Tevi holds a Master of Arts in development economics from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea.

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