David Vaeafe

Biography

David Vaeafe – Pacific Cooperation Foundation

David is the Executive Director of the Pacific Cooperation Foundation. A journalist and editor by profession, he has worked for community, business and travel publications, as well as national newspapers and magazines in New Zealand and the Pacific. He has spent two decades in the tourism sector in leadership roles building industry capability and international markets for Samoa and American Samoa and the Pacific region. His governance roles include board appointments in New Zealand, the United States and across the Pacific, including, more recently, Chair of the South Pacific Tourism Organization, Chair of the South Pacific Cruise Alliance and serving as a cabinet member in the American Samoa Government.