Following on from his recent interview with Business Advantage PNG, new PNG Power Limited CEO Paul Bayly expanded on the utility’s turnaround plan at the 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference. In his speech, he shared a list of near-term projects which would assist with the turnaround and include “opportunities for would-be investors”.
Promotions at K92 Mining, new Executive General Manager at Kumul Petroleum, new Country Head for ANZ PNG, and board changes at Kina Bank.
Papua New Guinea’s trade, investment, cultural heritage and tourism opportunities are being showcased at the 35th World Expo in Osaka, Japan.
Speakers at this year’s 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference touched on a range of key themes, including the need to strengthen the country’s institutions and its ‘human capacity’, and provided updates on key projects such as PNG Power’s turnaround plan, major resources projects and the strategies of leading banks and financial institutions.
Richard Maru, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for International Trade and Investment, outlined the Marape-Rosso government’s wide-ranging plans to transform the economy in the opening speech at the 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference.
Two big appointments for Westpac PNG, new Vice-Chancellor for the University of Papua New Guinea, new CFO for Great Pacific Gold.
Theresa Patterson reports on the events that are being rolled out in Port Moresby and the rest of the country for PNG’s 50th anniversary of independence.
Fiji’s Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited (ATH) has operations across the Pacific, including Papua New Guinean subsidiary Vodafone PNG. Its CEO Ivan Fong talks to Business Advantage PNG about profits, growth and big guns like Google and Starlink.
Paul Bayly was appointed to the hot seat as chief executive officer of PNG Power Ltd (PPL) in March 2025. Ahead of his appearance at the 2025 PNG Investment Conference, the New Zealand national sits down with Business Advantage PNG to share how he plans to address the challenges facing the state-owned utility.
While Papua New Guinea joining Australia’s National Rugby League competition in 2028 might be taking up column inches in Australian newspapers, the bigger story belongs in the business pages.