Taholo Kami is a Tongan born, resident of Fiji and was raised in Papua New Guinea. He has advised Pacific Island Governments, International and regional organizations as well as civil society and church networks. Previously he was the regional Director for IUCN Oceania, the Special Representative for Oceans for Fiji and he managed the Small Islands Developing States Network in UNDESA, New York as well as running the biggest early social networking site in the Pacific – the Pacific Islands Kava bowl Forum. He is a founder of WOWS Kids Fiji a charity that supports children with cancer in Fiji, leads the Tongan community and continues to convene and support innovators and emerging leaders. He has an accounting degree from the University of Technology of Papua New Guinea and completed an MBA in marketing/eCommerce as a Fulbright scholar at Vanderbilt University.