TCA Board

The Tenkile Conservation Alliance Board consists of the following members for both PNG and Australian entities. They are:

Director: Mr Evan Nunn
Chair and Treasurer in PNG and Australia

An Executive and business leader with Corporate Governance qualifications and over 20 years of experience in leadership roles across Not for Profit, Commercial and Government enterprises including an organisational transformation role in Disability Services. A strategic leader whose financial qualifications, business acumen and conceptual skills together with an engaging collaborative style enables leaders and teams to feel empowered and comfortable to set ambitious goals and supported to achieve them.

Director: Mary Hikimet-Wellington
Secretary in PNG & Australia

Mary is community orientated through and through with a background in working at the Brisbane PNG Consulate-General and currently serving the PNG community in FNQ Cairns via Cairns Multicultural Community radio. She has a wealth of experience dealing with PNG Community issues in Australia and Policy development strengthening our relationship between Australia and PNG.

Director: David Mitchel MBE
Vice-chair in PNG

David is a citizen of PNG and has been living in Milne Bay for more than 30 years. He has worked with Conservation International (CI), the PNG Government and many other organisations. He currently leads the Alotau based Eco Custodians Advocates not for profit and consults regularly to the PNG Government.

Graeme Newell

Irene Monro

Evelyn Wohuiangu

Mathew Waram

James Wareing

James is a conservationist who spent a memorable year with the Tenkile Conservation Alliance in 2023. The people he met inspired him to continue supporting the organisation through a role on the board. With a background in law, he brings a structured, analytical approach to conservation practice. He is currently working on a remote island in Seychelles with the Island Conservation Society.

TCA Advisory Committee

The TCA Advisory Committee is designed to represent the 50 stakeholder villages at the executive level. It consists of two elected members from each team, a male and a female totalling 16 people. They conduct their own meetings and meet with the TCA Board once a year. Their role is to bring issues, ideas and innovations to the Board Members attention. It provides the stakeholders with a direct line of communication to the TCA Board improving our governance, equity and transparency.

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There are many valuable ways in which you can contribute to the Tenkile Conservation Alliance’s vision – which is, the people of PNG value and protect their natural resources, their community and their culture.
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