Denise Potgieter

After earning a degree in computer science at Otago, Denise joined the Royal New Zealand Navy. Her first posting was to the Devonport Naval Base, where she worked on the Bridge Simulator used for training. She has completed several operational deployments on a Naval frigate, to the Persian Gulf and also to Vladivostok, Russia. She has also passed her Weapon Engineering Charge board, which means she will be a Weapon Engineering Officer or overall in charge of the weapons department onboard an ANZAC-class frigate in the future.