The Trade Me New Zealand Innovator of the Year Award - Te Pou Whakairo o te Tau recognises a person or group who, in the spirit of Kiwi inventiveness and resourcefulness, have created a better New Zealand.
Peter Beck, the CEO of Rocket Lab Ltd is redefining the space industry. His company is focused on the rapid and cost effective delivery of innovative, high quality technology to the space and defence industries.
He is an award winning scientist and engineer, and has been presented with the Meritorious Medal from the Royal Aeronautical Society, for services of an exceptional nature, leading to major advances in New Zealand. Peter Beck is likened to the legendary John Britten, an affirmation that one man’s passion for an idea, battling against convention, resources and manufacturing might, can win out.
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