SEF Class of 2017

commenced study 2017

Calvin Lee
Head Boy 2016

University of Auckland
Degree: BCom
Graduated: November 2020
Mentor: Kaison Chang
Buddy: Te Wai Coulston

Calvin has completed his BCom at the University of Auckland, majoring in Marketing and Management. Previously a BA/BCom conjoint student, he decided to forego the remainder of his arts degree to take on more papers in business and economics.

A talented footballer, he has had two brief spells as a professional player featuring for clubs in China’s top division and in Germany. Locally, Calvin has represented Auckland as well as the New Zealand side as a schoolboy. In addition, Calvin was the Athletics champion in each of his final three years at Dilworth and graduated as the school’s Sportsman of the Year.

He is also an accomplished musician achieving Grade 8 with Distinction on both saxophone and clarinet in the Trinity College London examinations. At the age of 16 Calvin was one of the youngest members in the under-25 national ensemble, the New Zealand Youth Symphonic Band.

Calvin has worked within the SEF programme as a Buddy for Joel Ibbs and Jonathan Haydon, two students who are also studying Commerce degrees at the University of Auckland. He has also given back to Dilworth through football, volunteering his time as the 1st XI Coach for three seasons.

Calvin was Head Boy at Dilworth in 2016 and is a high-achiever in all aspects of his life. He is also extremely personable. Calvin is an outstanding young man as evidenced by the number of awards he received when he left Dilworth, including being recruited to four Ivy League schools.

Upon graduating from university, Calvin spent a year as an Analyst at UK private equity firm, Alvarium, before working in Management Consulting at PwC for eight months. He was then headhunted by leading New Zealand investment bank, Forsyth Barr, where he now works as an Associate on their top PWM desk.

Awards

PwC Scholarship
Fuji Xerox Next Generation Leaders Scholarship
University of Auckland Academic Potential Scholarship

SEF Work Experience

2017 PwC
2018/2019 NZ Funds

Casey van der Star

University of Waikato
Degree: BBus
Graduated: December 2020
Mentor: Brent Westein (Dilworth Old Boy)
Buddy: Liam Bates

Casey is a hard worker and achieves a significant amount beyond his academic life. He worked initially at Auckland Pack and Cool and now he is working as an advisor at Stevenson, as part of the Fulton Hogan Group in Auckland.

Casey attended the University of Waikato where he studied HR Management, and Psychology.

Casey worked within the SEF programme acting as a Buddy for Anthony Pereira-Bureta and in the past he tutored Dilworth students across a range of subjects.

SEF Work Experience

2017 Matrix Security
2019 Madison Recruitment

Daniel Haig

University of Auckland
Degree: BA
Graduated: December 2020
Mentor: Graeme Clark
Buddy: Arthur Pan (Dilworth Old Boy)

Sponsor: Idonea Investments

Daniel is a recent graduate from the University of Auckland, having majored in Philosophy and Sociology.

Daniel spent the majority of his degree focussing on the issue of class and the imagining and fight for fair economic and social relations.

Daniel has worked throughout his time at University. This has involved interning at Sustainable Business Network, assisting Barry Coates and his not-for-profit Mindful Money, sitting as a Council Member for the Dilworth Old Boys Association, tutoring Economics, English and History at Dilworth School and employment at Kerridge & Partners as a Data Entry Assistant.

Daniel is about to begin a three month contract at Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu as a Kaiāwhina. This role centres around engaging and encouraging students, particularly Polynesian and Māori students, back into the education system.

Having recently graduated, Daniel is focussing on loving, caring and growing.

SEF Work Experience

2017 Sustainable Business Network
2018 Barry Coates - Charitable Trust
2019 Kerridge & Partners

Daniel Lee
Prefect 2016

University of Auckland
Degree: BCom
Graduated: November 2020
Mentor: Nigel Staples
Buddy: Isaac Ah Kuoi-Atmore

Daniel has completed his BCom at the University of Auckland, majoring in Economics, International Business and Marketing. He would like to pursue a career in entrepreneurship or professional photography or a combination of both.

Daniel is a very competent “all-rounder.” He is very bright and has a wide range of interests in both sport and arts.

He played in the University of Auckland premier basketball team and was an Auckland provincial basketball player. He plays the trumpet and has achieved Trinity College London Grade 8 and he was awarded honours for his time at the New Zealand Youth Concert Band.

Daniel is also a talented photographer and has a freelance photography business specializing in event, portrait, concert and fashion photography and he was named the winner of the New Zealand Fashion Week Photography Competition in 2017. It would seem that his career in entrepreneurship and photography is off to a great start!

Daniel’s talents were recognized when he left school in the outstanding scholarships that he awarded as noted below.

Awards

PwC Scholarship
University of Auckland’s Top Achiever Scholarship
University of Auckland 360 Exchange Scholarship

SEF Work Experience

2017 MyAgent

Dylan Bai
Deputy Head Boy 2016

University of Auckland
Degree: BE (Hons) Civil/BCom
Graduated: September 2022
Mentor: Erik van den Top
Buddy: AJ Evile (Dilworth Old Boy)

Dylan has completed his BE (Hons)/B Com at the University of Auckland, specialising in Civil Engineering and Finance. He chose Engineering because he loves maths and physics. He also added a commerce degree to his busy workload as he has an interest in finance.

Dylan started a position as a graduate civil engineer at Dodd Civil Consultants Limited. He enjoyed this new adjustment to work and he learnt a lot of new skills. In July 2022 Dylan moved over to Sydney and he has a strategist role at EverEdge Global within their Sydney office.

Awards

University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship
NZQA Outstanding Scholar Award
BE Dean’s Honours List 2020

SEF Work Experience

Enoch Sun

University of Auckland
Degree: BCom/LLB
Graduated: September 2022
Mentor: David Morris
Buddy: John Paki

Sponsor: Whillans Realty

Enoch has completed his BCom/LLB conjoint majoring in Finance and Economics at the University of Auckland. Enoch was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in November 2023. He had a graduate role at Anthony Harper and says he loved being part of a vibrant, social team environment. From March 2024 to July 2024 Enoch worked for Julia Xu Lawyers, practising Commercial Law, Property, Private Client, and Trust and Estate Administration. Enoch also explored Family Law, and Dispute and Litigation.

Enoch is a talented musician who was a member of Fortissimo, Dilworth’s senior choir for three years, playing both violin and piano. He also plays table tennis, tennis, and swims.

Enoch enjoys giving back, he was a tutor at Dilworth and he also mentored law students who were studying law in the year behind him.

He is a highly accomplished and intelligent young man, with an interest in banking and finance, sales and marketing, and content writing/creation.

SEF Work Experience

Henry To’ofohe

University of Auckland
Degree: BNurs
Graduated: December 2020
Mentor: Vincent Su'a
Buddy: Matthew Clay

Henry has completed his BNurs at the University of Auckland, majoring in Population Health. He is working at Tiaho Mai at Middlemore Hospital in community health and he has a special interest in the Mental Health and wellbeing of the Pacifica community in South Auckland.

Henry is a delightful young man with many interests and skills. He plays clarinet at Grade 8 level and has volunteered for charity events including Relay for Life, Walking with Stars and Poverty Cycle. He plays in his Church band and he has a part-time job at Cotton-On.

Award

Chenery Scholarship

SEF Work Experience

2017 Waitemata District Health Board

Jamie Chen
Proxime Accessit 2016

University of Auckland
Degree: BE (Hons)
Graduated: December 2020
Mentor: Andrew Long
Buddy: Jack Robertson (Dilworth Old Boy)

Sponsor: Haydn Staples

Jamie has completed his BE (Hons) in Engineering Science at the University of Auckland, specialising in operations research and data. In February 2021 he started a full time job at Electric Kiwi Limited in 2022 he moved to a new role of Data & Insights Analyst.

He has been fortunate to experience studying internationally at Lund University in Sweden from August 2019 - January 2020. Jamie gained an interest in studying languages. He is currently taking courses in both German and Swedish.

Jamie is very bright and topped Calculus, Physics and Economics in his final year at Dilworth in 2016. He was Proxime Accessit at Dilworth in that year and Jamie continues to be highly motivated and very hard working.

Jamie has given back to the SEF programme acting as a Buddy to Tommy Hou and in the past tutor of Dilworth students, a job he enjoys and did very well.

In his spare time he plays the piano. Jamie is also a practical young man who has developed a love for cooking – he has become a very proficient cook in his flat.

Jamie has had experience as R&D Research engineer for Datamars, he has spent part of the university holidays working in the Tru Test factory where he demonstrated a great work ethic.

Awards

University of Auckland 360 Exchange Scholarship
Ella Burford Award
University of Auckland Jubilee Trust Award

SEF Work Experience

2017 Beca
2018 Tru Test (now Datamars)

Michael Fisher

University of Auckland
Degree: BCom/BProp
Graduated: September 2022
Mentor: Bill Hale/Haydn Staples
Buddy: James Petherick (Dilworth Old Boy)

Michael has completed his BCom/BProp at the University of Auckland. He graduated after Semester One, in 2021.

Michael is pursuing his interest in Entrepreneurship both at University and externally through his company myNeon.

Throughout his Scholarship, Michael has completed Work experience at JLL, Hatch, and Attune Asset Management. He now continues to work part-time at Attune Asset Management.

Award

PwC Scholarship

SEF Work Experience

2017/2018 JLL
2019 Attune Asset Management

Ryan Parkinson
Prefect

University of Auckland
Degree: BSc / PGDip Bioscience Enterprise /Diploma of languages
Graduated: 2020
Mentor: Dr Karen Bishop
Buddy: Jonathan Dunlop

Sponsor: Idonea Investments

Ryan is employed at Kitea Health in Auckland, where he is working on the world’s most accurate implantable sensor for heart failure and hydrocephalus. Ryan has completed his BSc at the University of Auckland where he majored in Pharmacology. He chose the field of pharmacology, as one of his lifelong dreams is to find cures for multiple illnesses. In 2022 he will complete his post graduate diploma in Bioscience Enterprise.

In 2023, Ryan has been accepted to study at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden as an exchange student for his master's thesis.

Ryan is a gifted pianist and has played at a high level from a very young age. Ryan is also an accomplished singer who represented Dilworth in many singing competitions.

He is also halfway through his Diploma of Languages majoring in Chinese and Japanese as he thinks that this would give him another “string to his bow”!

Ryan worked within the SEF programme acting as a Buddy for Indivar Kumar.

He demonstrated his diligence whilst working in the university holidays in the regulatory department at Douglas Pharmaceuticals. He learnt a lot, some of which he will be able to apply in his studies.

Award

The Roger and Julie France Award

SEF Work Experience

Simi Fukava

University of Auckland
Degree: BCom
Graduated: 2021
Mentor: Michael Crowcroft (Dilworth Old Boy)
Buddy: Ross Shillito

Simi is studying a BCom majoring in Marketing and Management at the University of Auckland.

As the only Niuean student he is proudly representing his culture and proving that stereotypes can be broken.

Simi is a brilliant musician, playing guitar and singing as well as supporting other boys. He is very proud of his family and of the friendships that he has on his journey at school and university.

Simi graduated in 2021 and his work exposure opportunities at Prominence, Hunch and Hatch will benefit his future career.

SEF Work Experience