John Ryan (Controller and Auditor-General, New Zealand) is PASAI’s Secretary-General, providing leadership and guidance to the Secretariat in carrying out PASAI’s Strategic Plan and work programmes. John also advises PASAI’s Congress and the Governing Board. John is assisted by his International Support Team (see below).

Esther Lameko-Poutoa is the Chief Executive of the PASAI Secretariat. She is responsible for leading the PASAI Secretariat team to deliver the strategic plan, to engage and support supreme audit institutions in the region to deliver their individual objectives and responsibilities while working closely with stakeholders and development partners.

The Deputy Chief Executive, Operations role will soon be occupied.

Sinaroseta Palamo-Iosefo is the Director – Practice Development. Sina manages PASAI’s capability development programmes in strategic management, SAI performance measurement and human resource management. She assists the Chief Executive and Secretariat Team to deliver support to SAIs in other development areas and achieve PASAI’s strategic objectives.

Sina joined the Secretariat in 2012 with more than 15 years of financial audit experience.

Susana Laulu is a Programme Director focussed on having member audit offices in the Pacific deliver high-quality audits on a timely basis. Before joining PASAI in 2023, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank of Samoa and has more than 20 years of experience in auditing, financial management, governance, banking, public policy, business strategy and related disciplines. Susana is a member of the Samoa Institute of Accountants and the Institute of Public Accountants Australia.

Meresimani Vosawale-Katuba is the Director – South. Based in Fiji, she is focussed on SAIs under the Parliamentary system. She has 13 years’ auditing experience at SAI Fiji and was most recently acting in the role of Manager Performance Audit Services. There she established and led the Quality Assurance Unit. Ms Vosawale-Katuba brings experience in developing manuals, policies and guidelines; conducting training presentations; and carrying out quality assurance reviews of financial audits and performance audits.

Mike Scott is the Performance Audit Director. He leads our quality assurance review programme and develops a continuing education programme to build the capacity of performance auditors in the Pacific region. He also provides technical support to our member SAIs, including those who are participating in the global cooperative audit of climate change adaptation actions (CCAA).

Since the late 1980s, Mike has amassed a wealth of experience in a variety of senior audit roles which have included stints at the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom, the Office of the Auditor-General in New Zealand, the Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG), New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs and the New Zealand Police.

Sarnesh Deo is the Director – Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting. His primary objective is to lead the Secretariat’s efforts in monitoring, evaluating and reporting (MER) on the impact of its work. This senior role involves developing, maintaining, and implementing an effective MER system to meet the expectations of development partners, stakeholders and the PASAI Governing Board.

Sarnesh joined the Secretariat in 2024 with experience from a variety of roles in the academic, government and development sectors.

Luke Eaton is the Communications Advisor/Editor. He implements PASAI’s Communications Strategy by curating its social media channels, updating the website, drafting media releases, publishing newsletters and building the communications capabilities of regional SAIs. Luke joined the Secretariat in 2021 after a lengthy stint in the Western Australian state public sector agency, Consumer Protection. There he worked in a variety of roles, with the longest being in its community education team.

Danial Sadeqi is the eLearning Specialist. He runs PASAI’s Learning platform and works with subject matter experts to design eLearning content for our programmes. Danial brings 14 years of teaching, curriculum development and online material design to the Secretariat. He most recently designed curricula in blended and online formats for both on-campus and international delivery for Massey University.

Fatemeh Mosawi is the Secretariat’s Office Coordinator. She is the first point of contact within the Secretariat. Fatemeh manages contracted service providers and provides administrative support to staff and the work of the Secretariat.

Sarah Markley is PASAI’s Deputy Secretary-General.  Sarah is the Director – International Engagement at the Office of the Auditor-General, New Zealand. Before joining the Office of the Auditor-General in 2007 Sarah was an Audit Manager at Audit New Zealand. Sarah also provides support and advice to the Chief Executive to assist the Secretariat in achieving the goals set out in the PASAI Strategic Plan.

The role of Principal Advisor International Engagement at the Office of the Auditor-General in New Zealand is vacant.

Logan Moore is a Senior Advisor, Public Sector Finance and Reporting. Logan is also a Chartered Accountant and previously worked at Audit New Zealand where he played a lead role in large audits including many government departments, the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand and the Niue government’s financial statements. During those years he was in the team that carried out Audit New Zealand’s controller duties and is continuing his involvement in controller and international matters at the Office of the Auditor-General.