Katrina Ma'u Fatiaki
Katrina Ma'u Fatiaki is a Leadership and Human Rights Specialist with more than 20 years of experience serving in regional organisations, civil society and government. She was appointed in 2025 as a Public Service Commissioner under the Tonga Public Service Act 2002, mandated to oversee recruitment, appointments, promotions, discipline, and performance management across 16 Ministries and 4 agencies.
She is also the Director for Kingdom business Tapuaki Mei Langi Consultancy based in Tonga, with core services in leadership, human rights and gender project design and delivery and evaluation support. She is a former Senior Development Program Coordinator for the Aid Program of the New Zealand High Commission in Tonga, and a Human Rights officer at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community Regional Rights Resource Team (SPC RRRT now HRSD). A John Maxwell team member, Katrina serves with internationally recognized thought-leaders, including John C. Maxwell himself, sharing time-tested Maxwell Leadership principles and sharing new wisdom at the forefront of values-based leadership.
Katrina is passionate about building and nurturing Kingdom leaders. Katrina is also a Board member for the Dare to Dream Foundation (advocating on returnee rights). She is married to Aptinko Roki Fatiaki from Fiji and they have two boys.
Area of Expertise: Leadership in Government, Media and Family
Favorite Quote:
“Leadership is not about titles and positions, it is about leading from the heart to influence positive change. Above all, it is about putting people first, that is servant leadership.”
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