By Staff Writer
Lematua Fuatai Purcell is the new Regulator for Samoa. Her appointment was confirmed at the weekly meeting of Cabinet today, Wednesday 9 Sept. 2020.
She is only the third person to be appointed to the executive position since the Office of the Regulator was first established in 2006 “to provide regulatory services for the telecommunications sector in Samoa.”
Lematua started her working career in Samoa with the Ministry of Communications, Information and Technology before moving to Europe.
She brings to her new job more than 10 years of international experience in telecommunications with the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, in Switzerland and in the United Kingdom with the Commonwealth Telecom CTO.
Lematua is the wife of the Minister of Public Enterprises, Lautafi Selafi Purcell.
