{"id":206017,"date":"2025-12-29T02:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/206017\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:34:24","slug":"waqanivalu-to-take-up-fru-cfo-role-in-february-fbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/206017\/","title":{"rendered":"Waqanivalu to take up FRU CFO role in February \u2013 FBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FRU-CFO.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pita Tutuvula Waqanivalu to take up his new role in February. [Source: Fiji Rugby\/Facebook]<\/p>\n<p>The Fiji Rugby Union has appointed Pita Tutuvula Waqanivalu as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective February 2026, as the organization aims to strengthen its financial game off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Waqanivalu brings over a decade of leadership experience across public and private sectors, with a proven track record in financial management, governance and strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p>He began his professional career at the Bank of the South Pacific before spending six and half years with international chartered accounting firm Ernst &amp; Young.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after advertisement<\/p>\n<p>His international experience spans the Pacific and beyond, including Jamaica, Singapore, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Tonga and Samoa.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role, Waqanivalu will oversee FRU\u2019s financial operations, boost governance frameworks and help drive sustainable growth to support rugby development at all levels in Fiji.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to join Fiji Rugby at such an exciting time for the sport in our nation. I look forward to using my experience to foster sustainable growth that supports rugby across Fiji.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fiji Rugby CEO Koli Sewabu says Waqanivalu\u2019s appointment reflects their commitment to strong financial governance and strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p>Sewabu believes his leadership will be key as we grow rugby\u2019s reach in Fiji and on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"viti-plus-link-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viti.plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream the best of Fiji on VITI+.  Anytime.  Anywhere.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pita Tutuvula Waqanivalu to take up his new role in February. [Source: Fiji Rugby\/Facebook] The Fiji Rugby Union&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-206017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}