Simon Harper
General Manager - Wakatipu & Mackenzie Laundries
Simon was born and raised at Mt Cook; however, he has always called Queenstown home. He joined us in 2019 after a long career in the hotel industry including senior management roles in NZ, Australia, and Fiji. Simon brings extensive managerial and financial skills to oversee and drive the strategic direction of Southern Lakes Laundries.
Utilising the extensive knowledge gained from his Hotel General Management experiences Simon is dedicated and committed to providing all the laundry’s customers a second to none customer experience.
Silvi Locatelli
Operation Coordinator - Wakatipu & Mackenzie Laundries
Silvi joined The Southern Lakes Laundries team in May 2019 and originally from Argentina but has been in New Zealand for over ten years and calls Queenstown home. Silvi is responsible for the coordination of the operational aspects of our business which includes but is not limited to Production, Engineering, HR, OH&S as well as a range of other duties. Silvi also holds a bachelor’s degree In International Relations.
Gaston Cassou
Laundry Supervisor - Wakatipu
Gaston is from Uruguay; he attended a Technical High School where his focus was on electromechanics. Electromechanics combines the processes and procedures from electrical and mechanical engineering in a production environment. After graduation Gaston worked for Coca Cola for 8 years as a production operator
Gaston moved to NZ at the start of 2018 for personal and professional growth and started working at SLLL in February. Using his engineering and production experience he quickly picked up the operational tasks in the laundry and demonstrated through his attitude and performance that he wanted to learn everything about the laundry to help with his understanding of our operations. His goal was to develop into a highly effective worker and hopefully in time become a supervisor, Gaston was promoted to Supervisor in 2019.