Vanessa Naude is a seasoned PR and communications specialist with over 30 years of experience and strength in communications strategy, PR, media relations, social media, and event management.
She is an entrepreneur with sought-after expertise in communications within the hospitality, gaming and tourism sectors. Her business, Strategic Public Relations, has been in operation since 2001, specialising in communications strategy, media relations, social media and content creation. Her career in PR, her tenure as General Manager of the South African Chefs Association, and more recently her work with NGOs in the hunger alleviation space, gives her a unique, purpose-led outlook, skills set and business acumen. She is a founding director of Chefs with Compassion, an non-profit organisation that was established in May 2020 in response to the COVID lockdown.