Anastacia is a lawyer by profession with professional experiences in legal and policy areas of international/foreign relations, human resource management, maritime administration, international maritime law and international environment law.

 

Anastacia is currently the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Coordinator at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) based in Apia, Samoa. SPREP is a regional intergovernmental office made up of 21 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). In her current role, she leads the coordination of the Noumea Convention and global MEAs managed by SPREP. She also coordinates SPREP’s engagement on Ocean Governance issues under the Noumea Convention.

 

Prior to her current role, Anastacia was the Assistant Chief Executive Officer (ACEO) of the Maritime Policy and Administration in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure of the Government of Samoa. One of her key roles is providing strategic policy advice to the Government of Samoa on maritime administration principally on enforcement and compliance of standards for foreign-going vessels and seafarers under the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Conventions, Protocols and Treaties.

 

Anastacia is a former diplomat having worked in Samoa’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade where her portfolios ranged from disarmament, security, fisheries, environment (MEAs), climate change, human rights, maritime administration and mainly issues under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Later, Anastacia served as Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission in Samoa’s Permanent Mission to the European Union based in Brussels, Belgium. In this role, she provided foreign policy advice to the Head of Mission on Samoa’s interests to the European Union, Office of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), IMO and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

 

Anastacia has a law degree from the University of the South Pacific (LLB) and holds an Masters in Law (LLM) degree from the IMO International Maritime Legal Institute (IMLI) in the Republic of Malta. The Institute has produced 6 Samoan maritime lawyers including Anastacia. It is the training ground for maritime lawyers from developing countries.

 

Anastacia is a member of the Pacific Women in Maritime Association and the Pacific Network of Environment Law (IUCN).