Meet the Bowater Hyundai Team
Call in for a cup of coffee and meet our friendly team in person at our centrally located showroom at the corner of Rutherford & Hardy Street in downtown Nelson.
You can call us on 03 545 8032.
Bruce Fowler
Branch Manager
Call Bruce on +0064 027 455 5347
Bruce has a long history in the motor trade, and stepped into the role of Branch Manager in the winter of 2023.
He brings a wealth of knowledge to the role, ensuring the motoring public has an excellent experience at Bowater Hyundai.
In his spare time Bruce is a fan of restoring classic cars, and always has a couple of projects on the go.
Bowater Hyundai Sales Team.
Matthew Enright
Used Vehicle Sales Manager
Call Matthew on +0064 027 475 6744
Matt has rejoined the Bowater Motor Group team in Autumn 2019 after 5 years away. Prior to that he was at Bowater Honda for 8 years, leaving the role as Sales Manager. He has a wealth of knowledge of cars, and is very excited to be back in the building he knows so well. He is very impressed with the Hyundai range of vehicles and is looking forward to reconnecting with the Hyundai customers.
Marcel Guy
New Vehicle Sales Manager
Call Marcel on +0064 027 688 3639
Marcel has been in the car industry since the late 1990's, as a sales consultant, fleet manager and sales manager. He has also spent around 4 and a half years in real estate, so is well versed in providing advice and support when buying your most valuable assets. He and his wife moved to Nelson in 2017 just before the birth to their 3rd child. He lives in Richmond with his wife, 3 gorgeous children and their Chihuahua cross, Peanut, whom they adopted from the SPCA in 2019. Listening to music is a passion (especially live in concert) and watching most sports, and spending as much time as he can with his family.
Nic Trathen
Sales Consultant
Call Nic on 027 630 3356
Nic joined the team in March of 2024 and is looking forward to learning the ins and outs of the automotive industry. Nic will be familiar to many, having been a stalwart of the NBS Nelson Giants for over a decade, and a regular out and about in many of the NBS Nelson Giants many community programmes at the local schools.
Nic's work ethic and discipline are sure to shine through and we are looking forward to helping Nic forge a career with us at Bowaters.
Bowater Hyundai Parts & Service Team.
Anthony McCallum
After Sales Manager
Service Workshop.
Van Thawngcem
Workshop Technician
Van is originally from Myanmar and moved to Nelson with his family in 2010 to start a new life.
He began working in the Bowater Hyundai workshop in early 2015 and has settled into the busy team environment and can always be found with a cheeky wide smile and an infectious laugh!
Van is very keen on cars and will always be the one happy to help when it comes time to move cars to and from an event - he is super keen on learning and the more times he can get behind the wheel he happier he is.
Van's passion for the Hyundai brand is very evident and he enjoys the support from a very encompassing national training centre that all of our technicians regularly attend as they collectively further both knowledge and advances in technology and diagnostics.