Fiji Kava Limited announced the following changes to the Board. Mr. James S. Tonkin, Jim, has been appointed as Non-Executive Director. Mr. Griffon Emose has been appointed as Non-Executive Director.

Dr. Andrew Kelly will retire as Chairman from March 15, 2023. James Dack is an existing Director, and he has been appointed as Chairman from March 15, 2023. James S. Tonkin is a 40+ year veteran of brand marketing and beverage development.

He has designed and implemented national infrastructure for his clients in the food and beverage industry. James has successfully created and implemented business and financial strategies for domestic and international firms focusing on production and manufacturing, branding, sales, marketing and distribution. In the last 15 years, James has promoted brand and marketing programs for many clients in the bottled water and functional food/beverage industries including, 24C, Anheuser-Busch Inc., Arnold Palmer TEE, Bio Essentials, Celsius Inc., Fiji Natural Artesian Water, POKKA (Japan), Seven-Up Company of and Zico Water.

His expertise spans the branding gamut from domestic cheese to potato chips, fortified pet waters to nutraceutical- functional and enhanced beverages. Griffon is a Fijian citizen and the Managing Director of Kontiki Capital. He was previously the Manager Public Awareness & Investor Education at the Capital Markets Development Authority and an economist at the Ministry of Finance where he served with the Economic Policy Analysis Unit and the Financial Management Reform Project.

He is licensed by the Reserve Bank of Fiji as an Investment Adviser Representative and serves on several other Boards. Past Directorships include for the South Pacific Stock Exchange, Fiji Gas and Pleass Global. Griffon graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment through the Securities Institute of Australia (now the Financial Services Institute of Australasia).

He is a member of the CFA Institute and earned the CFA Charter in 2005.