New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan is back in the country again after undergoing several operations in Brisbane Australia. He stepped right back into formal duties as soon as he arrived back on Sunday the 15th of January and throughout the week to attend to parliament duties. Amidst Parliament sitting on the 17th of January, Sir J made time to meet with interim CEO for Newcrest mining Sherry Duhe and Interim Chief Operating officer Craig Jones. Ms Duhe who is most likely the first female head of any resource and energy sector company operating in the country and has extensive finance and leadership experience across various global organizations, including the past four years as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Woodside Energy. She has held a range of senior international roles across sectors, including at Shell exploration & production, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, Duke Energy and J.M Huber Corporation. As with any developer in the province, Sir J hopes the miner will continue to contribute to the lives of all New Irelanders in any meaningful ways through its community and Government relations. Sir J also met with senior Papua New Guinean officials through out the day to catch up on current developments in the country and to discuss ways forward for New Ireland and the country. Earlier on in the week, Sir J was officially welcomed back to the country by acting Administrator Moses Taram who happened to be in Port Moresby at the time. Sir J flew back to New Ireland on Thursday 19th January after taking part in the Governor General vote. On arrival he was given a warm New Ireland welcome back home in true New Ireland custom, it was also his first time to set foot in the New look terminal after it was officially opened last year in November. Sir J also made time to lay a wreathe at the resting place of the late Sir Wilson Kamit who was buried in Kavieng