The National Executive Council appoints a new Petroleum and Energy Secretary, Airswift announces a General Counsel, PNG Air gets a new Chief Financial Officer, Lae names a District Administrator, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville re-shuffles its cabinet and an Acting Trade Commissioner joins Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand.
PNG Air Limited designates a new Company Secretary and Airswift announces its Country Director for Papua New Guinea.
The Pacific region’s energy sector is experiencing growth, according to Calum Smith, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific at the recruitment consultancy Airswift. He says the sector is creating a need to find skilled local talent, especially in the areas of digitalisation and renewables.
New energy projects in the Asia Pacific are creating workforce challenges according to Calum Smith, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific at HR consultancy, Airswift. In terms of roles, he says no other area in energy is growing as fast as renewables.
The recruitment market in Papua New Guinea has been affected by the economic downturn. Business Advantage PNG asks Calum Smith, Vice President of Australasia for international workforce solutions provider Airswift how the market is changing.
A new Director at Kina Securities, a new General Manager (HR) at BSP, the Group CEO of Credit Corp to retire and a new Country Manager at AirSwift
MiBank appoints a new Chairman, Papua New Guinean appointed to head up the Parties to Nauru Agreement, a new Country Manager for AirSwift
Recruitment agencies servicing Papua New Guinea say the employment of expatriates has fallen over the past year. However, as our survey of the sector suggests, there is optimism about all employment in 2014, as new ventures come on stream to replace the giant PNG LNG project.
With PNG expected to grow faster than China in 2011, Business Advantage examines just who is investing in PNG and in what sectors, and asks where the best opportunities lie in the future.