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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Warm Pacific greetings to our PDF Members, Partners and Donors, Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The PDF Board wishes to inform that our Chief Executive Officer, Setareki Seru Macanawai, will finish his contract on 30 June 2024. The Board has formally accepted CEO Seta’s letter of resignation as notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The Board wishes to sincerely thank and acknowledge with gratitude the significant achievements and contribution that Seta has made since commencing in this role in 2007, as the first CEO for PDF. It is clear for all to see that PDF has grown and developed as a credible regional peak body under his sterling leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>We also advise that an advertisement will be posted shortly and encourage you all to share widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>In wishing Seta all the very best for his future, the Board appreciates Seta’s involvement in working with us to find our next CEO to lead PDF onwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Jacqueline Boga Garoau and <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Latoa Halatau-Talagi MNZM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>