Sakiasi Koroinailovolovo Sovanivalu [Sov], a former serving career soldier within the British Army, Royal Engineers, who had progressively climbed the ranks since 2000 and held a position as a Warrant Officer Class.
Highly respected and regarded by all team members who operated under his command, and by senior officers to whom he provided military and technical guidance as a subject matter specialist within his field.
He was proudly nominated and awarded the Royal Engineers Humanitarian Award in 2021 for organising and raising funds for 15 Fijian families after their village was destroyed by a tropical cyclone.
For 2025, he had continued his service to the community by being appointed as the Vice Chair for the Leavers to Leaders Commonwealth Overseas Troops Veterans Association, in addition to this credible work that he associates himself with, he is now the Country lead and founder of the Sugar Cane Boy (SCB) Book club that will be launched for the first time in Fiji in 2026.
“ I firmly believe that motivating children to become readers means giving them the key to a worldwide community; this initiative is my way to give back to the community and contributing to long term educational development.”