Papalii Tommy.
Scanlan
Samoalive's personality of the week is the newly appointed Governor and
Chairman of the Central Bank of Samoa. Papalii Tommy.
Scanlan has been Chief Executive of the Central of Samoa for 14 years making the
most senior Central Banker in the Pacific Islands
Papalii Tommy
. Scanlan joined the Central Bank (from Treasury) in late 1984, as Assistant Manager of the Bank's International Department. Prior to that, he was a Project Officer for the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (SPEC), now the Forum Secretariat, in Suva Fiji from 1981-1984. Mr. Scanlan took over (from a Pakistani national) as Manager of that Department in 1987 and was appointed to the post of Deputy Chief Executive in November 1988.In April 1989, Mr. Papali'i T. Scanlan became the first Samoan to be appointed as Chief Executive of the Central Bank of Samoa on the completion of Mr. Howard's contract.
Papalii Tommy. Scanlan graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Papalii Tommy. Scanlan is married with 6
children. His main hobbies are tennis, golf and rugby.