Meet the 2023 board
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Nelson Harper - Chairperson
Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Nelson Harper - Chairperson
Nelson has been on the MYC board since 2021. He is the founder and CEO of Precycle NZ, a recycling technology development and environmental consultancy company. He has a background in chemical bioprocess engineering, working with small and large businesses as well as community organizations such as Manawatu River Source to Sea, Repair Caf
Nelson has been on the MYC board since 2021. He is the founder and CEO of Precycle NZ, a recycling technology development and environmental consultancy company. He has a background in chemical bioprocess engineering, working with small and large businesses as well as community organizations such as Manawatu River Source to Sea, Repair Cafe Aotearoa NZ, Palmy's Plastic Pollution Challenge, Engineering NZ and Young Engineers. Through his startup journey Nelson was a winner of Massey University Grand Ideas & Pitch.ME competitions and Innovate Manawatu 2022
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Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Nelson Harper - Chairperson
Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Kellie Gosper
Sonja Willemse - Member Support coordinator
Danilo Herrera Torres - Marketing and brand director
Sonja Willemse - Member Support coordinator
Sonja Willemse - Member Support coordinator
Sonja Willemse - Member Support coordinator
Hi, I’m Sonja. After a BSc in Earth Sciences and an MSc in Environmental Technology in The Netherlands, I came to New Zealand/Aotearoa in 2017. Here I conducted doctoral studies in Environmental Engineering. During this time I became actively involved in driving policy changes in the tertiary education sector around sexual violence. This
Hi, I’m Sonja. After a BSc in Earth Sciences and an MSc in Environmental Technology in The Netherlands, I came to New Zealand/Aotearoa in 2017. Here I conducted doctoral studies in Environmental Engineering. During this time I became actively involved in driving policy changes in the tertiary education sector around sexual violence. This in turn inspired me to take on further postgraduate courses in Public Policy.
During my MSc in The Netherlands, I became passionate about environmental startups, and both in The Netherlands as well as in NZ I participated in several courses and workshops around entrepreneurship and innovation. Now on the MYC board, I look to inspire students and young professionals to elevate their dreams and expand their ideas of what is possible. Through our events, I want to help them build their skills and networks so they can turn their dreams into goals and careers that benefit themselves, as well as the Manawatū and NZ as a whole.