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Business Professional To Lead Multicultural New Zealand
Business Professional To Lead Multicultural New Zealand
A senior Palmerston North businesswoman is to lead Multicultural New Zealand, the Federation of Multicultural Councils.
Priyani De Silva-Currie, who
is Sri Lankan in origin, is the Palmerston North branch
manager of Opus International Consultants and an expert in
energy and asset management. She is the President of the
Energy Management Association of New Zealand.
Ms De
Silva-Currie moved to Palmerston North last year from
Nelson, where she was also based with Opus International.
She was the President of the Nelson Multicultural
Council.
She is married with two children. She is a
keen netball administrator and coach, having been chair and
senior coach at the Nelson Netball Centre until her move to
Palmerston North. She is now coaching the Fielding netball
team.
She replaces Tayo Agunlejika, who resigned the
position last month to become the Federation’s new
Executive Director.
She plans to bring her business
and strategic planning skills to bear in her new position to
build the capability of the Federation as a leading and
professional organisation representing the concerns of
ethnic and migrant
communities.
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