Mr. Fonua was appointed Public Relations Officer of Tongasat in 1996, and has since also been appointed Registrar of the Tonga National Museum where her Royal Highness, Princess Pilolevu Tuita is the Executive Director. Mr. Fonua has more than 20 years experience working with the media having started his career as a Rural Broadcaster with the Ministry of Agriculture.   He is a former Editor of the Tongan Government Weekly Newspaper, the Tongan Chronicle, the first Tongan to hold the post. Mr. Fonua is also a former Controller of Programmes and former Controller of News, Current Affairs and Sport with the Tonga Broadcasting Commission. Mr. Fonua was educated at Auckland Grammar School and at Massey University at Palmerton North, New Zealand.

Mr. Kava graduated from the University of South Australia (formerly South Australian Institute of Technology) with an Associate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 and later a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 1995. As a civil servant in Tonga in the period 1991 - 1996, Mr. Kava held positions as an Engineering Officer, a Field Service Overseer and as Mechanical Engineer for the Ministry of Works, in Nuku'alofa. Mr. Kava was recruited to Tongasat late in 1996 and is now responsible for satellite frequency coordination and slot protection tasks as part of the Tongasat technical team.

Mr. Teumohenga is a business graduate, in Information System and IT, from Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne Australia.   Before joining Tongasat in January 2000 he worked in the IT industry in Australia for 10 years. As a member of the Tongasat technical team, based at the Tongasat Headquarters in Nuku'alofa, Mr. Teumohenga is responsible for ITU and radio regulatory matters as well as satellite frequency co-ordination and slot protection.

For more than 10 years, Mr.  Posen has been providing engineering support to Tongasat and is Tongasat's Chief Consulting Engineer.   He is also the Managing Director and Principal Consultant of RPC Telecommunications Limited. Having 20 years of professional experience in the satellite telecommunications industry, he is highly experienced in interference management, international and national regulation and frequency coordination of satellite telecommunications networks and he is an expert on the Radio Regulations and associated procedures of the International Telecommunications Union.   Mr. Posen is a Chartered Engineer, listed on the professional register of the UK Engineering Council and is a Corporate Member of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Tongasat's support staff keep our office running smoothly and efficiently.   In the photograph are, standing from left to right: Miss 'Atelaite Petelo, Mrs. Losa Tautua'aa and Mrs. Teuila Lui, and seated from left to right: Mrs. Sosiane Kava and Mrs. Lesieli Latu.

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