![]() Thanks to Brendon Potter for the nomination - I would never have thought to self-nominate myself so it’s amazing that someone else promotes my achievements.Īlso huge thanks to my perfect-for-me husband Matt Clouting, who supports me in everything I do. I often hear all of your feedback/words in my head when doing new things! Thank you Sarah Kember Risell, Harry Woods, Fiona Hyland, Greg Beecroft, Chris Pearce and Selena Robb. I’ve been so lucky with bosses over the years who encourage my development, without their support and encouragement I wouldn’t have picked up all the skills I needed to start a business. Thanks to my amazing LIC team Simon Parry, Amy Gibb and Dion Cawood for holding up the fort during my sudden departure and being generally so onto it. Thank you to my amazing bosses this year, Emma Blott and Simon O'Connor for the ongoing support juggling pregnancy with my full-time job and a growing business. My wonderful team of inspiring artists, models and marketers - Chrissie Calvert, Shannon Igans, Jovian Ferro, Anselmi and old friends Max Rogers, Tammy Crump and India Ryan - you are all stars! It has adding this additional dimension to our mother-daughter relationship and has been a true joy. It has absolutely flourished under her proactive and customer-focussed management. I’m so proud of my achievements and always wanted to do an acceptance speech so here goes □□įirstly, my Mum D'souza Rowena who I pulled out of early retirement to run my business. Little Nate arrived over 6 weeks earlier than expected just because he wanted the coolest birthday ever (31 October 2021) vs combining birthday presents with Christmas ones, which is when he was due. What an absolute honour!Īnd more importantly, last Sunday I gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy Nathaniel (means “gift from El” or “El has given”). Not only that but I got a “Spotlight” feature in the article out of these 40 brilliant NZers, in good company with the Founders of Foodprint and Sidart - people who I genuinely admire and who’s products I use. I’m in the Entrepreneur category for founding Art In Bloom Academy and launching the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) AgCelerator fund, investing in early stage start-ups. ![]() ![]() Yesterday I was featured in the New Zealand Herald for being in the The University of Auckland 40 under 40 most inspiring New Zealanders, selected out of over 200,000 ex-alumni. ![]()
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