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Fijian ambassador to the United States will speak at BYU March 13

The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University will host His Excellency Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Fijian ambassador to the United States, for a lecture Monday, March 13, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Before beginning his duties as ambassador in October 2005, Vitusagavulu worked as managing director of TOPtier Management Consultancy, an investment and management consulting firm that he founded in 2003.

Previously, he served as the chief executive of the Fiji Trade and Investment Bureau, and he held senior management positions in Air Pacific, Fiji Development Bank, Unit Trust of Fiji, Suva Stock Exchange and Fijian Property Trust.

Vitusagavulu received a bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from the University of the South Pacific, a master of philosophy degree in development studies from the University of Sussex, a diploma in airline management from the University of Bar Ilan Israel and a graduate certificate in management from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on Kennedy Center events, visit kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Brian Rust

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