Our Leadership
Our leadership team is comprised of highly experienced professionals dedicated to driving excellence and innovation in the aviation industry. Through strategic realignment and a focus on talent development, we ensure clarity, efficiency, and succession planning to meet our organizational goals.
Together, we are committed to fostering growth and delivering exceptional outcomes for our stakeholders.
Board of Directors
Edward Herman
Chairperson
Nancy Matapuku
Deputy Chairperson
Shona Lynch
Director
Desmond Eggelton
Director
Talissa Koteka
Director
Tokoa Pera
Director
Edward has been a board member since November 2021. He has been a financial auditor for the Cook Islands audit office learning specific financial and administration structure of the public service and managing investigations related to use of public funds. He held a Senior Compliance Officer role under the Financial Intelligence Unit which expanded his knowledge and experience on financial and legislative compliance from the private sector financial institutions perspective.
Edward was the Consumer Commissioner with the Cook Islands Internal Affairs and subsequently becoming CEO for the Porter/TOA group of companies for 8 years. He has now joined the Seabed Minerals Authority Cook Islands as the Partnership and Cooperation Director.
Appointed to the Board in May 2020, Nancy has completed a Bachelor’s Degree with a double major in Accounting and Economics from the University of the South Pacific (USP).
She has worked with KPMG Fiji, before accepting the role as Secretary to the Ambassador of the Cook Islands Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
Returning to the Cook Islands, she formed her own accounting business and has over 20 years of experience in the finance and banking industry. She continues today to support MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) in the Cook Islands as an accountant.
Shona is a highly respected Cook Islands woman, with many years of varied and outstanding work
in business and the community on the main island of Rarotonga.
Shona has served on numerous important, high level Government appointed Boards of Management, including the Cook Islands Airport Authority and Cook Islands Tourism Council. She has also worked in Government for many years with the Cook Islands Pearl Authority and Ombudsmans Office.
Shona has been involved in seabed minerals sector for many years and attended many International and national seabed minerals related events.
Tokoa Pera is the owner of an automobile body repair shop in Aitutaki and also operates a car and bike rental business.
He has served as a board director on the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) for three terms and has recently been appointed as a director on the board of the Airport Authority Cook Islands (AACI).
Management Team
