'Alopi Latukefu joined the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education as Director in February 2023. Prior to accepting the role with ERC, 'Alopi was most recently the Director for the Global Education and Scholarships team in DFAT - managing among other things Australia’s prestigious and long standing inbound scholarship program, the Australia Awards.

Mr Latukefu brings to the role knowledge and experience from nearly two decades of work on Australia’s aid, economic diplomacy and foreign policy. During this time he also worked as an adviser and chief of staff to the minister responsible for the Pacific (2008-09) as well as work on China, Japan and India.

Mr Latukefu prior to joining the public service had a career working in the university sector, as well as with First Nations organisations and communities in northern Australia including with a project to improve telecommunications access to remote communities - the outback digital network - and for nearly two years as CEO of Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome.