Toleafoa Alfred Schuster is director and owner of Tutulumanulagi Ltd. He brings more than two decades of dedicated service in the Pacific region and Aotearoa New Zealand.
His service to the Pacific has been characterised by a strong emphasis on the development of regional policies, sustainable development, and effective development cooperation, particularly in the context of the Pacific Islands. He led the facilitation of multi-stakeholder policy dialogues on issues of development effectiveness, the promotion of mutual accountability, and the assurance of effective collaboration between governments and development partners, at both national and regional levels.
He also chairs the Pacific Advisory Group to Volunteer Services Abroad - Te Tūao Tāwāhi (VSA). Toleafoa hails from the villages of Samata, Salimu, Malie and Alamagoto in Sāmoa.