Hunt has been a member of Nauruan Parliament and Minister Assisting the President of Nauru and Minister of Finance of Nauru since 29 August 2019.
[3][4] Hunt studied economics, history and politics at the University of the South Pacific between 1989 and 1991 and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree.
In March 2008, Hunt was replaced by Clarissa Jeremiah as Nauruan Consul General based in Brisbane, Australia.
[5] Hunt then worked, as Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation (2012 to 2014) and as Secretary for Finance at the Nauruan government (2013 to 2019).
[6] Hunt ran for the first time as an MP in the 2019 Nauruan parliamentary election in the Boe Constituency and came first out of five candidates, ahead of incumbent MPs Asterio Appi and Baron Waqa and former MP Mathew Batsiua.