Dr Paula Vivili is the Director General of the Pacific Community (SPC), the largest intergovernmental organisation in the Pacific focused on science and technology for development and owned by the 27 Member countries and territories.

SPC delivers technical and scientific assistance and services to the Pacific across seven thematics areas: Resilience and Climate Change; Natural Resources and Biodiversity; Food Systems; Equity, Education and Social Development; Sustainable Economies and Livelihoods; Planetary Health and Strengthening Institutional Effectiveness.

Dr Vivili previously served as SPC’s Deputy Director-General, Science and Capability for five years and before that he served as the Director for the Public Health Division for six years. Prior to joining SPC, he worked for the Ministry of Health in the Kingdom of Tonga for almost 20 years.

He trained in Human Nutrition (Otago University), Medicine (Fiji School of Medicine/University of the South Pacific), Ophthalmology (University of Auckland and Auckland Hospital), and International Public Health (University of Sydney). He is an honorary Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine.