AMBASSADORS
ICDP’s ambassadors have experience across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and the Pacific. They seek to promote the work of ICDP throughout the region and develop the Pacific Connect Community.
Andrew Carriline
Chair, Pacific Connect Business Network Council
Andrew is an experienced business executive, commercially astute and highly skilled at operating successfully in regulated environments. After a long career at Westpac, he has recently built a portfolio of non-executive, mentoring and advisory roles in the ‘for profit’ and ‘not for profit’ sectors, and is engaged in the start-up community, where his experience adds considerable value to founders. Andrew practised corporate law in the public and private sector and held a number of senior legal and operational roles in Westpac.
Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jnr MP
Member of Parliament for East Are’Are Constituency in the 11th National Parliament of Solomon Islands
Peter Kenilorea Jnr has previously held the position of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade in the Solomon Islands government and was International Civil Servant with the United Nations Secretariat in New York. From 2000-2017 he held positions in the UN Office of Legal Affairs, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the UN Department of General Assembly and Conference Management, the UN Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States.
From 1996-2000, he was employed by the Solomon Islands Government, serving in the Attorney General’s Chambers and from 1994-1995 he was employed by Jennifer Corrin Barrister & Solicitor. Peter has obtained an LLB from the University of Waikato in New Zealand which he attended from 1991-1994. He also obtained an LLM in International Law from the University of Nottingham in the UK which he attended from 1997-1998.
James Fraser
Funds Associate, MinterEllison
James Fraser is passionate about strengthening the relationships between people in Australia and the Pacific. James led the establishment of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Hub in Samoa and is leading the expansion of similar project-based hubs across Fiji, Vanuatu, PNG, the Solomon Islands and Tonga.
In the lead up to the 2020 Paralympics, James has partnered with Paralympic gold medallist and NSW Parliamentarian, Leisl Tesch AM, to roll out a holistic mentoring program for Oceania-based Paralympians.
Prior to his apppointment as Ambassador to Pacific Connect, James was a leader of the 2018 APEC Voices of the Future delegation, a volunteer consultant to Pacific Connect and co-directed the Australia China Young Professionals Initiative in Sydney.
James is a funds lawyer with MinterEllison’s funds practice and is a coordinator if its social entreprise pro bono practice. James has a particular interest in developing novel fund structures to address social challenges.
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