BSP makes appointments for offshore, Fiji ops

THE Bank South Pacific has promoted Daniel Faunt to general manager Offshore from Senior Manager Pacific Business Liaison.
Faunt, from Manus, will assume formal general management responsibility for all of BSP banking operations in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.
It previously had shared reporting to Group general manager Retail Paul Thornton and the Group CEO.
He will report directly to the Group chief executive officer Robin Fleming.
“Daniel has 20 years of banking experience in PNG, Australia and the Pacific and has held senior management roles in corporate and commercial banking, retail banking and operations,” Fleming said
Faunt holds a Masters of Business Administration in Economics from Deakin University and Bachelor of Business in Banking from the Queensland University of Technology.
Fleming said he was a fine example of Papua New Guineans excelling in their respective fields.
Meanwhile Haroon Ali is the new BSP country head in Fiji succeeding Kevin McCarthy who is retiring at the end of 2018.
Ali will be the first Fijian to head the bank’s business in Fiji.
He previously held the position of Group Chief Risk Officer since 2013 based in Port Moresby.
Ali is a highly-skilled senior banker with 38 years of diverse experience in Fiji, Australia and PNG.