User:Simonagiuspacific

Introduction to Simon Agius - Pacific On the internet there are two regular mentions of Simon Agius. One is a famous Maltese Soccer Player and Simon Agius Pacific refers to Simon Agius who has spent most of his life in Vanuatu & making his mark with internet marketing whilst working with natural products focussed business solutions to rural development for the Pacific islands communities. In 2008, Simon married Lina Ariki in Port Vila after living together for several years. Lina Ariki is indigenous Ni-Vanuatu/ Solomon Islands.

Early life and schooling. Simon Robert Agius was born in Sydney 1977. In 1979, Parents Pauline and Robert Agius moved to Vanuatu and therefore, Simon, as a young todler of 3 years old witnessed the independence birth of the Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. He subsequently began his schooling in Vanuatu initially at Central Primary School and then Lycée Français. After the first few years at school, Simon's mother, Pauline, moved Simon and his brothers to attend school in Sydney. Simon studied for a few years in the Public education system starting with Taveners Hill Petersham then North Annadale Public School. Simon and his brothers spend most school holidays in Vanuatu to visit their father, a business leader in Vanuatu, Robert Agius. Between 1988 and 1995 Simon was a keen & successful student at St. Aloysius College. He participated in many St. Aloysius activities including being a keen debater, public speaker, choir as well as rugby. He finished in the top group of St. Aloysius students for class of 1995 which provided him with a TER Ranking to be accepted at University of New South Wales B. Commerce (Marketing and Hospitality Management).

Business life 1998 - 2009 - natural products & internet marketing By his third year at UNSW, Simon decided to put his studying on delay to move to Vanuatu to participate in export opportunities. He finished his degree via correspondence from the University of New England achieving distinctions & high distinctions in marketing & auditing is his achieved degree of B. Comm Accounting and Marketing. Simon's lifelong connection with Vanuatu made him a passionate contributor to the growth of the Vanuatu natural products export sector. During the years 1998 and 2001 he was one of the pioneers in the promotion of Pacific island success stories such as; Kava, Tamanu oil, Virgin coconut oil. He resided and worked in the UK Natural products sector between 2001-2004. Between 2004 and 2009 Simon has been involved in marketing & management roles for several natural health internet businesses.

In 2010, Simon decided to return to live and invest his natural products experience in his current natural products focussed business - ThisIsNatural.com, a natural products marketplace open to companies and businesses small and large worldwide. He has designed Thisisnatural.com by combining his experience by working with companies in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan along with working on the farm level with rural small holders of natural products. Simon has extensive connections throughout the global natural products industry including Medical Doctors & Naturopaths. Despite running successful internet enterprises from Vanuatu Simon decided in late 2009 to make his key asset, Thisisnatural.com, an Australian company now incorporated as This is Natural.com Pty Ltd. He decided against persisting to make this a Vanuatu company due to the possibility of leveraging Australia's place in the world to be able to find more markets for South Pacific natural/organic foods, skin care, oils and so forth. Thisisnatural.com is an open marketplace established as an Australian media/advertising company with a mission to become a global player in the natural products online sector matching natural buyers and sellers of natural / non chemical products.