Dr Andrew Coy has a genius for breaking down barriers between
the disciplines of academia and business, science and engineering.
As the CEO of one of the country's leading high-tech companies, Magritek Ltd, Andrew has built
a team that managed to net multimillion dollar international sales
in 2010.
Magritek makes magnetic resonance systems, similar to MRI
systems used in hospitals, using magnets and radio waves to detect
and measure liquids in substances for industrial, research and
development and education customers. Under Andrew's leadership,
Magritek has won numerous plaudits including being a finalist in
the Exporter of the Year category in the 2011 New Zealand High
Technology Awards and was one of the team who won the 2010 Prime
Ministers Science Prize.
A good
leader makes a real difference by helping everyone in the team
appreciate what they can achieve together when they all focus in
the same direction and work to achieve the same goal. I have been
very fortunate to be in teams with people who are so brilliant at
what they do, that we achieve the most amazing things together, and
it makes me appear far better than I am.
Dr. Andrew Coy
The 43-year-old Wellingtonian is a dynamic and inspirational
business leader who has managed to attract to Magritek valuable new
investment from the US and the UK and still retain Kiwi ownership.
His ambition is to make Magritek one of the country's leading
exporters and those who know him are sure he'll succeed. He has
transformed the company he joined as founding CEO in 2004, which
had a staff of two to a staff of 20, which is profitable, cashflow
positive and paying taxes.
Andrew is a devoted father of two boys, has worked as a
secondary school teacher in Swaziland and is currently working
toward his commercial pilot's licence.