KEY PERSONNEL

Karyna Young is Chief Executive of the Yunca Group. She is a pivotal part of the Heating R&D team and works alongside the Heating division with all emerging markets.

Karyna oversees the four branches and holds the seat of Chairperson with Enpot Limited, which Yunca is a major shareholder. Whilst based in the Waikato with her partner and three sons, Karyna spends a third of the year operating out of the factories.

Karyna has been in this role for 5 years now, taking over from her father Terry as part of their family succession and development plan.

Terry Young is the founder of Yunca Group. Terry handed over the CEO role in the last few years to allow his daughter Karyna to continue to drive the company into the next stages of operation.

Terry is based at Head Office in Invercargill and has always enjoyed keeping the family in the game, by naming his stunning wood fires after his grandchildren.

With the luxury of having Terry still involved, both he and Karyna work together on co-ordinating new Engineering Contracts, assessment of potential opportunities, and commercialising existing projects with a special interest in Green Energies.

Selucio came to Yunca in 2017 where his role included project work, standard and quality management, and Health and Safety coordination.

In late-2022 Selucio took over as the Head Office General Manager.

Selucio has degrees in Graduate in Business Administration (NZQA level 7) and Specialised in Management and Technology in Construction (NZQA level 8)

Glen is the team member that everybody goes to! After being with us for 11 years (at time of writing), Glen has a very strong technical understanding of everything we do at Yunca. Originally employed as Store Manager, Glen was promoted to Factory Foreman in 2021.

Glen was also appointed our HQ Health and Safety Rep and has made it a personal goal to continue his education in all things H&S.

Orlie is Yunca Group’s Chief Draftsman working with both Heating and Engineering.

Orlie was born in the Philippines and got a degree of BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Mark started at Yunca Dunedin in 2018 as the General Manager to help guide the Dunedin team to improve processes and implement new machinery.

Mark worked for Yunca Dunedin from 1993 till 1996 as an assembly worker and then as a CNC operator before he went to work for Farra Sheetmetal Engineering for twenty-two years progressing up to the Manager where he became an integral part of the senior management team.

Warwick joined the Yunca Dunedin team in 2020 as a designer and CNC machine programmer.

Warwick served his apprenticeship as a Toolmaker and progressed into Mechanical Design in the 1980’s. The company he worked for was one of the earliest users of CAD / CAM systems in New Zealand. He was involved in the design and manufacture of high precision press tooling for the world automotive and whiteware industries.

Outside of work, Warwick spends his time in the skies, flying and teaching others to fly.