An established local business professional, Marika is well known to the business community. She comes to the chamber with 25 years-experience in business and hospitality, owning various restaurants and bakeries in the Latrobe Valley and the exclusive catering company for the Australian Paper Mill.
Her involvement in the community saw her awarded the prestigious Latrobe Valley Senior Citizen of the year award in 2020. She has served on advisory boards for Federation University’s business and economics department, the Latrobe City Council’s Events and Tourism board and was a founding member of the LCBTA where she served for 15 years and actively involved in the popular People’s Choice Awards for the region.
These days, Marika is an active board member at the Morwell Bowling Club and Gippsland FM as well as valued member of our business chamber.