Marina Confait

Marina Confait
Confait in 2019
2nd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles
In office
March 2012 – February 2014
Preceded byRolph Payet
Succeeded byDennis Hardy
Personal details
EducationKatholieke Universiteit Brussel
Edith Cowan University
Professioncivil servant

Marina Fatima Confait is a Seychellois retired civil servant. She was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles from March 2012 to February 2014, and as Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021.

Biography

Confait's first role was in January 1977 as a secondary school teacher. She went on to work in a variety of ministries. She also was Chief Executive Officer of the National Human Resources Development Council (NHRDC). She studied at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, completing her degree in 1997.

In March 2012, she was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. In February 2014, she resigned to pursue her PhD at Edith Cowan University, graduating in 2018.

In February 2019, Confait became the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She continued in this position until her retirement in 2021.

References

  1. 1 2 "President Ramkalawan meets long-serving retiring officer". www.statehouse.gov.sc. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Confait, Marina (1997). Identification of training needs, University of the Indian Océan. Katholieke Universiteit Brussel. OCLC 690523182.
  3. ↑ "President announces first phase of government restructuring". Seychelles Nation Online. National Information Services Agency (NISA). 8 March 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012. The President has appointed Marina Confait as the new vice-chancellor and Lucy Athanasius as pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Seychelles.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "UniSey gets new vice-chancellor". Seychelles Nation. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Confait, M. F. (2018). "Maximising the contributions of PHD graduates to national development: the case of the Seychelles". Theses: Doctorates and Masters (PhD Thesis). Edith Cowan University.