Cecilia Robinson the 2012 Her Businesswoman of the Year

22 June 2012

Cecilia Robinson announced as the 2012 Her Businesswoman of the Year

Cecilia Robinson has been named the 2012 Her Businesswoman of the Year.

Cecilia started Au Pair Link in 2007 at the age of the 21 and has since then gone from strength to strength. Au Pair Link is now Australasia’s largest Au Pair agency and was the first Au Pair agency in the world to become licensed through the Ministry of Education as a home-based service.

Now 26 years-old with her first child on the way (due in August) Cecilia’s business has grown to employee 35 individuals in eight regions throughout New Zealand.

The Auckland based businesswoman also takes the Best SME category with her vision to create the largest Au Pair Agency in the world and New Zealand’s largest home-based early childhood education provider.

"It gives me immense pleasure to recognise these women who are achieving great things in business,” Annah says. “Cecilia is an outstanding example of business leadership. Hers’ is a service for busy women who want not just a nanny but an educator too.”

The winner of the Best New Business is Sachie Nomura of Sachie’s Kitchen. Judges appreciated Sachie’s vision of creating a debt-free business that included television appearances, branded products and tours.

The winner of the Most Sustainable Business Category is Dawn Engelbrecht of Safe Kids In Daily Supervision (sKids). sKids provides quality out of school hours care to approximately 3,500 children each day from Whangarei to Queenstown.

The Her Businesswoman of the Year awards are run in association with Her Magazine; New Zealand’s leading women’s business and lifestyle publication.

The awards celebrate outstanding female business acumen and leadership within the New Zealand SME industry. Past winners have included Cilla Hegarty of NZ Tax Refunds Ltd, Brigit Blair of Linden Leaves, Peri Drysdale of Snowy Peak Ltd and, the event's current organiser, Stretton Group CEO, Annah Stretton.

The 2012 winners are:

Best New Business:
Sachie’s Kitchen – Sachie Nomura

Best SME:
Au Pair Link – Cecilia Robinson

Most Sustainable Business:
sKids - Dawn Engelbrecht

Her Businesswoman of the Year:
Au Pair Link – Cecilia Robinson

Check out Cecilia on TVOne’s Breakfast show this Saturday 23 June at 7.45am.

www.hermagazine.co.nz

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