Media Centre · 2025

2025 News & Updates

News, partnerships, events and updates from XSPI and its network of partners across the Asia-Pacific during 2025.

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19 Dec 2025

General

Zoey Diaz Completes CEO Role

Dr. Dan Evans, Founder & Chair, XSPI announced that Zoey Diaz has advised her decision to complete her XSPI CEO role effective mid-January 2026 to seek alternative professional career opportunities. Zoey commenced her position as the inaugural CEO in March 2023. As CEO, Zoey had responsibility for all XSPI operations including its Advisory Council, Expert Network, Project Management Office and three country working groups focused on Bangladesh, Indonesia, and PNG. Dr. Evans stated: "Zoey's decision to complete her XSPI CEO role is completely endorsed. XSPI is exceedingly grateful for all her leadership, program and partnership creation related contributions. We are very pleased Zoey will remain an XSPI Limited Director."

1 Jul 2025

Bangladesh

XSPI and Build Bangladesh Enter Strategic Partnership

Zoey Diaz, XSPI CEO and Farhad Reza, CEO Build Bangladesh jointly announced the execution of a strategic partnership. This transition follows completion of XSPI's Bangladesh Working Group initiated in late 2020. The new strategic partnership aims to foster cross-sector collaboration, leveraging synergies between key stakeholders across business, NGOs/NFPs, academia/health/medical research, philanthropy/private capital, and government. The partnership will be conducted for an initial 12-month period.

30 Jun 2025

General

XSPI Completes First Member Survey, Announces Organisation Restructure

Dr. Dan Evans, Founder & Chair advised that the Steering Committee has completed a member survey to review XSPI performance over its initial five-year history since July 2020 inception. The review confirmed strong member support for XSPI's cross sector development approach but highlighted desire to increase development sector impact. The Steering Committee decided to increase focus on PNG and transition its Bangladesh and Indonesia Working Groups into specific, focused strategic partnerships with Build Bangladesh Enterprise and Springfields Asia & Pasan Besa Pae, respectively.

24 Jun 2025

Indonesia

XSPI, PT Springfields and Pasan Besi Pae Enter Strategic Partnership

Zoey Diaz, XSPI CEO, Simon Fields, CEO PT Springfields, and Afiana Ndun, CEO Pasan Besi Pae jointly announced a joint strategic partnership. PT Springfields is the Indonesian development sector consultancy Simon leads. Pasan Besi Pae (YBP) is an NGO based in West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province, Indonesia. The new strategic partnership will enable the continuation of XSPI related cross sector partnership engagements which are primarily eastern Indonesia focused.

18 Feb 2025

Bougainville

PaCSIA Bougainville Mental Health Program Joins Sankamap – XSPI Bougainville Taskforce

Dr. Dan Evans, Co-Chair, Bougainville Taskforce advised Dr. Serge Loode, CEO and Dr. David Tierney, Consultant, Peace and Conflict Study Institute Australia (PACSIA) have joined the Bougainville Taskforce to gain further support for the Bougainville Mental Health Community Education Program. Dr. Evans said: "Our Sankamap and XSPI led Bougainville Taskforce is very excited to have PaCSIA join us so we can support this very important contribution to Bougainville."

30 Jan 2025

Bougainville

Sankamap and XSPI Create Strategic Partnership; Form Bougainville Taskforce

Following successful engagement with Hon. Ismael Toroama, President, resulting in formal endorsement of several proposed development sector initiatives, ABG XSPI and Bougainville Sankamap Australia Assoc. Inc. (Sankamap) have entered a strategic partnership. A Bougainville Taskforce has been established Co-chaired by Nellie Tinga, CEO Sankamap and Dr. Dan Evans, Founder & Chair, XSPI with each party nominating key qualified members.

19 Jan 2025

PNG

XSPI and OOXii Global Agree Strategic Partnership

Zoey Diaz, XSPI CEO announced the execution of a strategic partnership with OOXii Global, a Sydney, NSW based health sector initiative funded by OOXii Foundation dedicated to low resource setting community eye care solutions. OOXii has developed a unique approach based on its vision wheel technology designed to provide directly refractive diagnosis, lenses and frames within community settings.