Mr Yogesh J. Karan
Acting Chairman

Is currently the Permanent Secretary to the Office of Prime Minister, Sugar Industry and Immigration. He holds a Masters Degree in Management, Graduate Certificate in HRM, Advanced Diploma in Quality Management, Diploma in Civil Engineering, Cert IV in Business Excellence Evaluation from respective Universities in Australia and other professional qualifications from International Institutions.

Mr Karan was the former High Commissioner to India, Non-Accredited Ambassador to SAARC Countries and Fiji’s Rep. on Colombo Plan Secretariat. He has also served as Fiji’s Alternate Dir. with the Asian Productivity Organisation-Japan. A Fellow at the Aust. Institute of Management, Snr. Mem. of the American Society for Quality, Mem – Aust. Institute of Company Directors, Mem – American Society for Public Administration and Former Mem. of Aust. Inst. of Training Development.

He is also a Board Member of Investment Fiji, Member of the Employment Relations Advisory Board (ERAB), Member of the Financial Literacy Committee of RBF, was the former Vice President of the Fiji Human Resources Institute, Member-Panel of Review of the Fiji Business Excellence Award and Member of Judges on the Panel for Investment Fiji’s Prime Ministers Award. He was former Chairman of FHL Stockbrokers Limited and currently sits as a committee member of FHL Board Nomination & Remuneration Sub-Committee.