After finishing her Secondary Education in Windhoek Namibia and completing her studies in Cape Town, Vanessa worked across the Southern Hemisphere and Europe on various building projects, ranging from small renovations to large new builds.  She has worked in Namibia in an Architectural office where she became partner.

Vanessa relocated to the UK and joined AKDP in October 2015.

Together with the AKDP team Vanessa has worked on various Metal Health and Social Housing projects and is more recently getting more involved in all aspects of a project.

Vanessa is currently undertaking REVIT training, that will in able her to do 3-dimensional rendering for future projects.