Vanessa was in the hospitality industry for over a decade where she was an owner and board member of Kerzner International, a private company that built the Atlantis and One & Only hotels. She is a graduate from Stanford University and INSEAD (France) and was a former consultant at Bain & Company in San Francisco and London. During that time, she worked in M&A strategy and hospital cost reduction. In addition to Allied BioScience, Vanessa currently serves on the board for a number of non-profit health care and education organizations, including Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Choate Rosemary Hall, a private high school in Connecticut, and the Butch Kerzner Memorial Trust Fund at the University of Johannesburg’s School of Tourism and Hospitality.