Michael Macdonald Bartlett appointed as CEO for Biosecurity Authority of Fiji

Michael Macdonald Bartlett has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji.

Biosecurity Authority of Fiji says Bartlett comes into the role with 17 years of experience in executive leadership in large agri-business, agricultural research, and fast-moving consumer-good companies across three continents.

It says he has an impressive record of achievements in green field and brown field startups, business development, new venture creation and global trade, strategic management, change management, agricultural research, quality control, and most importantly, biosecurity and business operations.

During his welcome, Bartlett says that BAF is critical in the front-line defence of Fiji's diverse and precious natural environment, domestic agribusiness and industry, tourism, foreign trade, and global support services.

He further says that BAF also plays an important role in helping its myriad of Fijian and international stakeholders to improve the lives of Fijians, which is why promoting and facilitating international trade and economic development for the stakeholders are important pillars of BAF's responsibilities.

Bartlett says they have a responsibility to analyse current operational systems, look for impediments that unnecessarily increase transactional costs and decrease efficiencies, look for remedies, and where appropriate, implement the same.

However, he says this would not be at the expense of biosecurity safety, which remains their key priority.