BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr Peter Graham
Chairman
Mr Graham has had an illustrious 40-year international career in the minerals, oil and gas industries where he has held senior technical and leadership positions. Fifteen of these years were spent in Papua New Guinea.
A chemical engineer by profession, he previously served as Managing Director of ExxonMobil PNG Limited from 2009 to 2015 where he was responsible for delivering the US$19 billion PNG LNG Project.
From 2015 to 2020, Mr Graham was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ok Tedi Mining Limited.
In October 2016, he was appointed Independent Director and Chairman of Kumul Minerals Holdings Limited, which manages the state’s equity in PNG mining projects. He resigned in October 2020.
He was awarded Commander of the British Empire in 2013 in recognition for his services in the oil and gas industry, and for his leadership in community development in PNG.
Ms Lesieli Moala Taviri
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Taviri joins SDP with 25 years of business management and development
experience in executive and directorship roles across Energy Retail, Banking,
Superannuation and is the Founding Chair of the Business Coalition for Women, a-not-for profit that aims at removing the barriers for women in business.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Technology, an MBA from the Torrens University and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
She was the 2014 Westpac Outstanding Woman of the Year; the 2015 Female Director of the Year and in 2018 was the World LPG Association’s Inaugural Woman of the Year.
She has served as Deputy Chair of Nambawan Super Limited; Director of Nationwide Microbank Ltd (MiBank); Founding Chair of the Business Coalition for Women; and on the Advisory Boards of Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Program and Australian Pacific Training Coalition.
Lesieli was the former President of the Badili Club Network for young aspiring leaders and is a Director of the Institute of National Affairs.
Dr Betty Lovai
Non-Executive Director
Dr Lovai is a distinguished academic with a Master of Arts degree in Social Policy and Administration from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and a PhD from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
She is currently the Executive Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Papua New Guinea.
Dr Lovai is a champion for gender equality and women’s rights and in 2010, she was awarded the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award for exceptional courage and leadership in Human Rights, Gender Equality and HIV and AIDs.
Mr Greg Ridder
Non-Executive Director
Formerly Asia Pacific Regional President at NYSE listed Owens-Illinois, Mr Ridder was also President of the Packaging Council of Australia and a member of the Business Council of Australia.
He is currently Chairman of listed on-line retailer Kogan.com (ASX:KGN) and is a non-executive director of Spirit Telecom (ASX:ST1). He is also a member of the board at Oxfam
Australia, Phoenix Australia – Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health and Ethical Property Australia.
Mr Ridder is also engaged with the not-for-profit sector. He has held interim leadership roles as CEO at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and at Phoenix Australia – Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health. At World Vision Australia, he has been Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. He has been a member of the board of B Labs Australia & New Zealand and is a mentor to a number of CEOs in the Not-For-Profit sector.
Mr Robert Alphonse Kaiyun
Non-Executive Director
Mr Kaiyun is the Provincial Administrator of Western Province and brings a wealth of experience in rural development work in Western Province. Prior to his appointment as Provincial Administrator, he was the District Administrator for North Fly, the provincial planner, and local government manager.
He has travelled extensively in the province and understands the challenges of people from Western Province. Mr Kaiyun is from Karemgo village in the Middle Fly CMCA region.
Mr David Wong
Non-Executive Director
Mr Wong is a chartered accountant and is the Chairman of Republic Polytechnic.
He currently serves as an independent director on the boards of PEC, Banking Computer Services, and is a Member of the Charity Council in Singapore.
He was previously the Managing Director of Wearnes Technology, and also a partner with Ernst & Young, where he served as an Audit Partner and the Managing Director of E&Y Consultants in Singapore.
He has also served as a senior officer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force, and as an independent director on the Boards of OCBC Bank, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), Housing and Development Board (HDB), and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
Mr Wong is a Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Dame Meg Taylor
Non-Executive Director
Dame Meg Taylor joins the SDP board, bringing in a wealth of experience in corporate governance, regulatory and development matters. She is an experienced legal practitioner having served in both the public and private sector, most notably on the Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission.
She holds a Master of Law from Harvard University in the United States, and a Bachelor of Law from Melbourne University in Australia.
She was the first woman to become the Secretary-General for the Pacific Islands Forum, having served in that position for six years before concluding her assignment in May 2021. Before that, she was the Vice President, Compliance Advisor Ombudsman for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
Dame Meg served on the board of the Bank of Papua New Guinea and on the boards of a number of companies in PNG in the natural resources, financial, and agricultural sectors. She has also served on the boards of companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as well as international conservation and research organizations.
She was Papua New Guinea’s Ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Canada from 1989-1994. In 2002, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.