Joanne Choe is the Managing Director of DT Global Asia-Pacific. In this role, she leads over 1,400 corporate and project staff, implementing projects across 30 countries.
Prior, Jo led DT Global Asia-Pacific in program quality and development effectiveness across its DFAT portfolio of programs and initiatives. She also led on gender programs and gender technical advice. Before this role, Jo managed Cardno International Development's Pacific portfolio of programs since joining in 2018.
Before Cardno, Jo managed international development programs and policy in AusAID/DFAT for 15 years, including five years posted to Papua New Guinea managing law and justice and subnational governance programs and four years in Fiji with responsibility for the Fiji and Tuvalu bilateral programs and humanitarian response following Tropical Cyclone Winston. Her last role in DFAT was as a Director in the Gender Equality Branch.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
Work out what you want to do and keep doing it until someone tells you to stop!
What was the last really great book you read? Why?
Pachinko. It put me in touch with my Korean heritage and history in a very vivid way and is a powerful and compelling story albeit wracked with pain and grief.
