Press Release No. : 07/2025
Date : 29 April 2025
Press Release No 07 – Reserve Bank of Fiji Announces Executive Appointment
The Reserve Bank of Fiji has announced the appointment of Ms Jacinta Hesaie to the role of Chief Manager Economics Group, with effect from 01 May 2025. In this senior management role, Ms Hesaie will lead the Reserve Bank’s core function of formulating monetary policy and providing economic analysis and advice. She has been acting in the role since January 2023.
Ms Hesaie joined the Reserve Bank in March 2006 as an Economist and was promoted to Senior Economist in 2013. In March 2017, she was seconded to the Local Economist post at the IMF Resident Representative Office for Pacific Islands, based in Suva.
She returned to the Reserve Bank after successfully completing her secondment in February 2020 and continued her managerial role within the Economics Group, before being appointed to act in the Chief Manager Economics position from January 2023.
Ms Hesaie has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Management & Public Administration from the University of the South Pacific and attained her Master of International Economics & Finance from the University of Queensland. She has attended various technical training events and represented the Reserve Bank of Fiji in many forums and meetings, locally and abroad.
In announcing the appointment, the Governor and Chairman of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Mr Ariff Ali stated that Ms Hesaie brings to the role relevant experience and skills in central banking, macroeconomic and policy analysis, research and forecasting, as well as collaborating with Government agencies and multilateral institutions, and the Reserve Bank will greatly benefit from her appointment to the critical and challenging role of head of the Economics Group.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji congratulates Ms Hesaie on her appointment and looks forward to her continued contribution to the effective meeting of the Reserve Bank’s monetary stability mandate.
RESERVE BANK OF FIJI
For further details, please contact:-
Communications Office
Telephone: (679) 3223 381 Email: info@rbf.gov.fj
Mr Mervin Singh – Manager Corporate Communications
Telephone: (679) 3223 229 Email: mervin@rbf.gov.fj