The Board

Mr. Lala has vast experience in clothing manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade. He is a very successful real estate investor and developer. His multifarious activities with business community in Fiji is well recognised, together with his political, cultural, educational and community involvements.

A founding Director of Sun Insurance in 1999, Deven has over the years also assumed the roles of Chief Agent, Alternate Director of Sun Insurance before being reappointed as a director in 2018. He has wide ranging experience in financial services, business advisory& planning and estates and taxation law in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji and at present is the principal of The Law Office of Deven P Sharma in Fiji which also has a representative office in New Zealand.

Mr Naiyaga is a Chartered Accountant CA, Life member of the Fiji Institute of Accountants, Fellow of the Fiji Institute of Bankers FFIB (Hon) and was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors FAICD. He was a career Central Banker for 40 years. He retired as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji in May 2014. Prior to his retirement he also served as the Deputy Governor of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga for 5 years. He has served as the Chairman of the Insurance Council of Fiji, Director of Fiji Development, Director of Fiji Electricity Authority and Director of Transparency International – Fiji Chapter.

Gardiner Whiteside has operated his own Chartered Accountancy Firm since 1996. He is a Chartered Accountant by Profession and has been providing Accounting & Auditing Services to many clients in Fiji. He currently serves as a Director at Energy Fiji Ltd and Paradise Beverages Fiji Limited.


Mr. Whiteside has over 45 years of Accountancy experience.

Rajeshwar Lala , founder and CEO of Stonebrae Capital, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the Board of SUN Insurance.


He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Macquarie University, Sydney and boasts over four decades of diverse business acumen spanning management accounting, property development, finance, and corporate law.

Mr. Nitish (Bob) Niranjan is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Niranjan Group of Companies, with nearly 40 years of senior executive experience in the Transportation sector across Fiji and in Australia. Mr. Niranjan has been an active member of the Fiji Motor Traders Association (FMTA), serving as its President on four occasions. He has significantly contributed to the automotive industry’s advancement through innovations such as introducing premium motoring ventures and automotive leasing.