Winners 2016

Selwyn Cook has taken equal employment opportunity to a whole new level.

He will tell you he ‘just pumps gas’ but as owner and operator of 14 Shell and Z Energy service stations throughout the Waikato he employs around 100 full and part time staff and he believes that everybody should be able to find work.

Working alongside a number of organisations such as Workbridge, Enrich +, the Blind Foundation and Idea Services Selwyn has provided meaningful work opportunities to many people with disabilities not only giving them a sense of value and purpose but also breaking societies assumptions that people with a disability are not employable.

Selwyn also supports, both financially and practically, over 100 charities. He is indeed making a difference to the lives of many.