Waikato Business News March/April 2018

REMARKABLE WOMEN
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS March/April 2018
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Deborah Wake
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APPEARANCE MEDICINE
Deborah Wake, a NZ registered nurse, is the owner/
operator of Clinique Elan, Hamilton’s leading, 100 percent
dedicated Appearance Medicine Clinic. She has been full
time in the industry for more than 24 years, the longest of
any appearance medicine
therapist in Hamilton.
Her love of, and
commitment to the profession
is obvious to all who go to her.
Deborah set up the clinic
five years ago, with the aim of
helping as many as possible,
discover the confidence boost
that comes with knowing one
is looking the best they can be.
Deborah, and her fellow nurses
Toni and Jessica, promote
their belief that it is okay to
feel good about looking good.
This is strongly reflected in
the culture at the clinic, making it a popular choice amongst
those who share the same philosophy.
“Every person has some attractive features, but all too
often they are overlooked, and the focus turns to the not so
positive features. We like to teach people to appreciate their
attributes, and to use our expertise to improve or minimise
their areas of concern,” says Deborah.
The clinic’s regular clients appreciate the honesty, lack
of pressure to spend, and the confidence boost a visit to
Clinique Elan produces. “Many of our clients can’t remember
the exact details of what we said, or what we did, but they do
remember the way we made them feel, and this means we
have achieved our goal.”
47 Pembroke St, Hamilton p. 07 839 2262
www.cliniqueelan.co.nz
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Morgan Gilgrist-Gatley
Hannah Campion
Justina Kingi
Winger Hamilton
The New Zealand automotive
industry has traditionally
been a male dominated
industry. However, Winger
Hamilton has a great example
of three young women who
are thriving with the new
opportunities they’ve found at
this Hamilton dealership.
Marketing Manager Morgan Gilgrist-
Gatley joined Winger in July of last
year after four years as a vehicle
salesperson. Having trained in Marketing at
Waikato University, she says the opportunity
presented itself for her to utilise these skills
at Winger.
She regards Winger as modern and progressive
with a great leadership role model
provided by dealer principal Paul Burborough.
“Paul has encouraged me to take initiative
and allowed me the freedom grow my newly
created role.” she says.
Morgan says Winger leads the industry in
terms of its diversity of staff and the number
of women in management positions. “We
are all proud to be in this industry and feel
as though we are a refreshing change for the
workplace and our customers.”
Hannah Campion is new in her role as
Fleet Sales Specialist at Winger Hamilton.
Also from a sales background, Hannah took
the initiative to create a new role when she
saw a gap in the market that she believed
Winger could fulfil.
Never be afraid to challenge
the norm – opportunities
always present themselves to
those who seek them.
– Hannah Campion
Hannah loves cars, sales and people so the
industry is a great fit for her. Hannah wants
to dispel any stigma that being a car salesperson
is somehow cheap. Nor should women
working in a traditionally male dominated
industry be regarded as being behind their
male counterparts. In fact, she says, women
bring significant advantages to the industry.
“We do things differently, our conversations
with customers are different, our
Hannah Campion, Justina Kingi and Morgan Gilgrist-Gatley.
approach can be different and sometimes
more compassionate. We relate to people in a
different way than men and women often like
dealing with women too.”
“Never be afraid to challenge the norm –
opportunities always present themselves to
those who seek them.”
Suzuki Sales Specialist Justina Kingi originally
began her career in retail and got into
car sales “as a bit of a joke”. She now has
over six years’ experience in the industry after
joining Winger 14 months ago.
“I was attracted to Winger because of its
reputation, culture and values,” she says.
Justina credits Winger saying “they have supported
and encouraged me.
The company cares about their customers,
me as an employee and what happens in my
personal life, this is all so important to me.”
In an industry dominated by men, Justina
has learnt to be one of the boys.
She proudly boasts that she can reverse
a 4x4 manual ute down a staircase in high
heels and a skirt with the best of them.
Justina believes her life experiences, relaxed
approach and that she is a Maori woman, is
what gives her a point of difference.
“You have to know who you are and be
prepared to work hard-if you put in the hard
yards the rewards will come” she says.
A prime example of doing what you love,
Morgan, Hannah & Justina hope that they can
be role models to other young women who
haven’t thought about the automotive industry
as a career possibility, or any other industry
for that matter!
Winger Hamilton
P: 07 838 1249 | 1 The Boulevard, Te Rapa, Hamilton | www.winger.co.nz
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