Before joining the Foreign Service, Ambassador Vitusagavulu worked in the private sector as managing director of TOPtier Management Consultancy, an investment and management consulting firm that he founded in 2003, during which time he also lectured at the University of the South Pacific on its MBA program. In addition, Ambassador Vitusagavulu was the chief executive of the Fiji Trade and Investment Bureau (1996-2003), and held senior management positions in Air Pacific, Fiji Development Bank, Unit Trust of Fiji, Suva Stock Exchange and Fijian Property Trust. He was also a trustee of the Fijians Trust Fund, a member of the Prime Minister’s Think Tank Advisory Group, director of Kadavu Development Co., as well as chairman of Food Processors (Fiji) Ltd., the Agricultural Marketing Authority and the Kontiki Growth Fund. Ambassador Vitusagavulu holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and politics from the University of the South Pacific, a master’s of philosophy degree in development studies from the University of Sussex, a diploma in airline management from the University of Bar Ilan Israel, and a graduate certificate in management from the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales.

He is married to Silina and has three daughters.