Fiji Lover is absolutely correct, I will never forget Winston, the man has done more damage than good.. But blessed with a great wife.. Every company that he was on the board of, and particularly Telecom would have been far more progressive without him..

I worked for Mr Thompson in Fiji when he ran the Ministry of Agriculture and then the MInistry Of Finance. He was brillant, hard working and cared about "his people". And that included me I will never ever forget him.

what is failed to mention in this puff piece is that although mr. thompson is a pretty likable guy, he was a horrendous executive for telecom fiji. he did not oversee any modernization at all other than sit atop a dysfunctional board of directors who sat back and collected director's fees while watching fiji struggle with the immovable tide of technology. the citizens of fiji suffered under the politics, inaction and ludicrously high prices of telecom fiji's business during thompson's reign. he was always more interested in moving to new york simply because that's where his children lived and when the opportunity came up, he jumped. his wife is lovely and as written, is very colorful and friendly. i'm not intending to question his character here. i think he's a nice man but he has not been helpful towards the growth and development of fiji at all. he's an old-school manager with a style based on inaction.