Management

Executives Bio & Information

Chief Executive Officer

Fui Tupai Mau Simanu

Fui Tupai Mau Simanu started as the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry in June of 2022. He joined MWTI after having worked as the Chief Engineer for the Electric Power Corporation (EPC) for eight years from 2014 to 2022. Fui is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with the Institute of Professional Engineers of Samoa (IPES). He is one of the senior members of IPES having served as its President from 2015 to 2017 and also as a Council member from 2013 to 2018. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Power Industry which has seen him worked on some of the biggest Infrastructure and Renewable Energy projects implemented by the Samoan Government. He is also a former lecturer at the National University of Samoa’s Institute of Technology. He hails from the villages of Savaia, Falefa, Sagone and Saoluafata.

ACEO Civil Aviation Division (CAD)

Lauano Yvonne Tuioti Mariner

Lauano started working for MWTI in 2007 as the Principal Officer for Aviation Security. She left the Ministry after ten years to become the Quality Assurance and Safety Officer for Samoa Airways Ltd. She re-joined MWTI in 2019 as the Assistant Chief Executive Officer for Civil Aviation, a role she still holds up to this day. Lauano has the distinction of being first in a number of important milestones in Civil Aviation for Samoa. She was the first female technical officer for Civil Aviation to work for the Ministry. She was also the first Samoan to graduate with Graduate Diploma in Aviation from National University of Singapore as well as being the first Samoan to complete the ICAO Aviation Security Inspector’s course. She is the proud mother of five children and is from the villages of Lelata, Salelologa and Patamea.

ACEO Corporate Services Division (CSD)

ACEO Legal

ACEO Asset Management Building Division (AMB)

ACEO Land Transport Division (LTD)

ACEO Maritime Division (MTD)

Vaelua Sonny Brown

Vaelua Sonny Brown is currently working in the Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure ACEO of the Maritime Division in June 2021. He has gained vast experience on Foreign going vessels such as Germany Columbus lines Company, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Coastpak Shipping line/Australia, and Pacific Forum Line from 1988 to 2004 as an Engine Rating, 3rd /2nd, and Chief Engineer. He also worked as a Civil Engineer/Marine Engineer conducting inspections for the main wharf rehabilitation work under the Japanese Wakachiku Construction/Samoa Port Authority from 2016-2017. Former Senior Lecturer and head of Maritime School at the National University of Samoa for more than 10 years. He has accomplished the Chief Engineer program as he holds a 2nd Engineer license in the (MIT-New Zealand Maritime School), a Diploma in Marine Engineer Class 3 license in Fiji, a Bachelor of TVET and a Postgrad Diploma for Development Studies from the National University of Samoa. Vaelua Sonny Brown is from the villages of Sataua, Falealupo, Falealili and Lotofaga.

ACEO Transport & Infrastructure Sector Coordination Division (TISCD)

Tauiliili Kalavini Maualaivao

Tauiliili Kalavini Maualaivao is the Coordinator/Assistant Chief Executive Officer for the Transport and Infrastructure Sector Coordination Division. He joined the Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure in December 2018 in leading the coordination team responsible for planning, monitoring and implementing of sector priorities as well as donor funded infrastructural development projects. With more than 20 years of Public Sector experience he held other executive level positions as Assistant Chief Executive Officer for the Corporate and HR Services Division, Samoa Public Service Commission Office and Assistant Manager for Corporate Services, Samoa National Provident Fund. Had also served as Principal HR and Administration Officer, Ministry of Finance and Senior Training Coordinator, Ministry of Health. Hold a Bachelor of Arts in Tourism, Management and Public Administration from the University of the South Pacific and a Masters in Strategic Human Resources Management from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne - Australia.

ACEO Policy & Planning Division (PPD)

Muliagatele Paulino Pania

Muliagatele Paulino Pania was first ever appointed as an ACEO Policy and Planning ever since 2012. He was also heavily involved in the development and formulation of the first Transport Sector Plan in 2014. He is currently responsible in the overall coordination of Samoa Asset Management Strategy. Muliagatele has been holding the ACEO Policy and Planning position for four (4) consecutive terms. He attended Avele College and graduated from the University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand. Muliagatele also holds another matai title namely ‘Tevaga’ in Samalaeulu, Savaii.