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Dr Audrey Aumua

Smiling woman with short curly hair wearing a dark jacket and a layered pearl necklace, standing in front of a framed world map on the wall.

Dr Audrey Aumua is the Chief Executive Officer at The Fred Hollows Foundation in New Zealand.

She joined The Fred Hollows Foundation in January 2021. As a Pacific woman of Fijian descent, Dr Aumua has focused most of her career on improving the livelihoods of Pacific people and communities.

From March 2016 until late 2020, Dr Aumua led The Pacific Community (SPC) Suva office as Deputy
Director-General. As Deputy Director-General, Dr Aumua was responsible for the executive leadership and management of all SPC Suva operations, including over 600 staff and technical divisions whose primary focus was on Small Islands and Developing States sustainable development challenges.

Prior to her appointment, Dr Aumua served as the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative, Solomon Islands, and was responsible for shaping the public health development dimensions of the United Nation’s partnerships with the government of Solomon
Islands.

Dr Aumua holds a PhD in Public Policy from Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia and a Master of Public Policy from Massey University, New Zealand.

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