Meet our New Intern Paleesha
Paleesha Naidoo joins our team all the way from South Africa as a student intern.
Paleesha will be working as an intern for GCE Ocean Technology and the Ocean Innovation Norwegian Catapult Centre until June.
She will be working mainly within innovation and entrepreneurship. This will involve mapping the innovative ecosystem in South Africa to look for potential cluster collaborators for GCE Ocean Technology and the BlueTech Cluster Alliance (BTCA), a global cluster network.
Paleesha is part of an exchange programme between the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), the University of Pretoria and the University of Stellenbosch.
Building Networks Across Continents
This programme is aimed at enhancing knowledge of innovative industries, experiencing work within an entrepreneurial ecosystem and building networks between Norway and South Africa for the purpose of future collaborations.
Paleesha has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pretoria and is in the process of completing her Masters in Technology and Innovation Management specifically focused on knowledge transfer within intra-organizational networks in South Africa.
Extensive Experience
Currently employed at Sasol (a multi-national South African energy and chemicals company) as a Sustainability Analyst, Paleesha is experienced in landscaping and benchmarking within the oil and gas industry, particularly in the field of green technologies.
She has also been involved in the chemical’s outbound supply chain, stochastic simulation modelling, business development and large maintenance activities at Sasol.
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