Our history
Past Presidents and Council Members
The Institute has been led by its elected Presidents and Councils since the Western Samoa Society of Accountants was formed in 1959. This page records those we have on file, and grows as members share their records.
Leadership since
1959
Presidents and Councils on record
Presidents
- 1989 to 1993
Su'a Rimoni AhchongPresident. Photo of the 1993 Council, provided by Su'a Rimoni Ahchong. - 2009 to 2023
Susana LauluPresident for fourteen years, and a facilitator of the CA Program.
- 2022 to 2025
Sooalo Kuresa SooaloElected by the Council mid-2022, then President for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025. General Manager of the Samoa Ports Authority. - 2025 to date
Lauano Dennis Chan TungCurrent President. Vice President in 2024 and a Council member from 2022.
Councils on record
Council 2015
- President
- Susana Laulu
- Vice President
- Tuala Pat Leota
- Secretary
- Frysna Rimoni
- Treasurer
- Petra S. Chan Tung
- Members
- Faumuina Esther Lameko Poutoa, Sooalo Kuresa Sooalo, Terence Su'a
Council 1993

Some of the Institute's past Council members in 1993, during Su'a Rimoni Ahchong's presidency.
Help complete the record
Do you have names, dates or photographs of earlier Presidents and Councils, from 1959 onwards? The Secretariat would be glad to add them to this page.
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