Associate Professor and Dean College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies (CBHTS)

[Dip Ed (USP, Fiji), BA Economics (USP, Fiji); MA Development Economics (Kent UK); PhD Victoria University, Melbourne]

Dr Asaeli T Tuibeqa is a UK trained development economist with development and commercial banking experience in Fiji. His areas of expertise are in SME financing, entrepreneurial development and education, knowledge management, project monitoring and evaluation, strategic management, applied research and policy analysis. He had a three-year stint in the Office of the Prime Minister (before the events of 2006) and was responsible in the monitoring and reporting of the Qarase Government Affirmative Action Programme on Fijian Participation in business.

He obtained his PhD in small business and entrepreneurship from Victoria University Melbourne where he researched on the appropriateness of SME support services in Fiji. He is currently the Dean of the FNU College of Business, Hospitality & Tourism Studies and also lecturing in applied econometrics, small business start-ups and applied research.