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Pacific women's business leadership program starts in Tonga [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 18:37

Trainers and participants in the Women's Business Leadership Program. Nuku'alofa, 3 March 2016.
Tonga is leading the way in business leadership training for women.
 
Fifteen professional women in Tonga completed a "Women's Business Leadership Program" conducted by the Asian Development Bank, and were presented with certificates on Wednesday, 2 March at Davina House by Dr Vijaya Nagarajan of the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative.
 
Lynette Mayne, one of the trainers, said they chose Tonga to start a program for the Pacific. Government Ministries and companiessent their key people, and among them the next generation leaders of their companies. "These senior women came together learning leadership skills, which was brilliant," she said.

“They come from all different positions, levels and companies and they were able to add value to the program by not only creating a network among themselves but enhancing their skills so that our ambition hopefully is they would become the CEOs of our future.”

Participants came from the Ministry of Revenue and Customs, Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour, ANZ, Bank of South Pacific (BSP), Pacific Retail, Tonga Development Bank, Tonga Airports and Tonga Power Ltd.

The program was launched in August last year with funds committed by the Australian and New Zealand Governments.

Lynette comes from Australia where is is Director of the Chief Executive Women Leaders Program, and also an Ambassador for Australian Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Jane Guttenbeil of Tonga Power Ltd. receives her certificate in Business Leadership from Dr Vijaya Nagarajan. Nuku'alofa, 2 March 2016.
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