Pomaleu took on the role during the First Senior Official and Related Meetings in Nha Trang, Vietnam recently.
The role is seen as a huge show of confidence in PNG from the twenty APEC Economies and is the beginning of Papua New Guinea's chairing of APEC in 2018.
Ambassador Pomaleu show cased remarkable leadership during the discussions there.
Also in this meeting, Papua New Guinea proposed a paper on cross fora collaboration that received overwhelming support.
