Althea Carbon Explained

Althea Carbon is a Filipino-New Zealand lawyer and co-founder of Charity-IT, a not-for-profit organisation that helps charities improve their IT systems.

Carbon was born in the Philippines and her family moved to Christchurch when she was 10 years old. She attended the University of Canterbury, where she became CEO of Entre, a student-run company focused on developing entrepreneurship in students.

On graduating, she moved to Wellington to work as a lawyer for Chapman Tripp.^[1] In 2013, she co-founded Charity-IT as a way for IT students to share their skills with the not-for-profit sector. She is also a mentor with the Asian Law Students Society at Victoria University.

In 2014 she won the Emerging Leader category at the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for her work encouraging women to engage in entrepreneurship, science, and technology.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Althea Carbon Gilbert + Tobin ICLG ICLG – International Comparative Legal Guides. Althea Carbon Gilbert + Tobin ICLG. en-GB. 16 September 2017.
2. Web site: Generation Entrepreneur. www.westpac.co.nz. en. 16 September 2017.
3. Web site: New Zealand Law Society. www.lawsociety.org.nz. en. 16 September 2017.
4. Web site: Emerging leader: Althea Carbon. Stuff. 28 July 2014 .
5. Web site: Women of Influence alumni: Althea Carbon. Stuff. 13 August 2015 .