Florence Rahiria has brought over 13 years of experience in international development in the Pacific Region to her role at LRD as Manager, Operations. Flo worked in several senior programme management roles in Papua New Guinea with AusAID/DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia) before joining LRD in May 2021. She managed the Pacific regional programme for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research based in Fiji, in addition to working in the banking and finance industry and in public service in PNG.

Flo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics from the University of Papua New Guinea and a Master’s Degree in International Development from York University in the United Kingdom.