Vanessa Bent

Vanessa Bent is a skilled care home manager with extensive experience in healthcare and marketing. Currently serving at Heritage Lifecare since January 2024, Vanessa has previously held multiple roles at Te Whatu Ora Southern between December 2018 and January 2024, including service manager, service support manager, and service administrator. Earlier career highlights include positions at Brand Developers Limited from September 2014 to November 2018, where responsibilities spanned international sales, hard goods demonstration management, and live events marketing and display coordination. Additionally, Vanessa worked as an executive personal assistant at P.S. Marketing from July 2012 to September 2014. Vanessa holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management from the University of Otago and a Bachelor of Design in Communication from Otago Polytechnic | Te Pūkenga.