Established
in 1984, the Central Bank of Samoa was first
headed by Mr. W.E. Davies; (seconded from the
Reserve Bank of Australia) under International
Monetary Fund funding. Mr. Davies left
Samoa in early 1987 to be replaced by Mr. J.A.
Howard of the Bank of England, also funded by
the
International
Monetary Fund (IMF) Mr.
Scanlan joined the Central Bank (from Treasury) in
late 1984, as Assistant Manager of the Bank's
International Department. Prior to that, he was a
Project Officer for the South Pacific Bureau for
Economic Cooperation (SPEC), now the Forum
Secretariat, in Suva Fiji from 1981-1984.
Mr. Scanlan took
over (from a Pakistani national) as Manager of the
International Department in 1987 and was appointed
to the post of Deputy Chief Executive in November
1988.
In April
1989, Mr. Papali'i T. Scanlan became the first
Samoan to be appointed as Chief Executive of the
Central Bank of Samoa on the completion of Mr.
Howard's contract. And, following amendment of the
Central Bank Act 1984, Mr Scanlan became Governor
and Chairman of the Bank's Board in 2001.
Now Mr.
Scanlan has served with the Central Bank of Samoa
for 18 years with 14 years as Chief Executive of the
Bank.
Mr. Scanlan graduated in
1977 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics
from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New
Zealand
Mr.
Scanlan is married with 6 children. His main
hobbies are tennis, golf and rugby.
