Henderson
SturgesWest Community Centre, 58 Summerland Drive, Henderson
First Tuesday of every month
1:00 – 2:00pm
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Heartbeats is a registered Charitable Trust and non-profit organisation with a professionally qualified Board of Trustees.
B.Sc. (Hons), B.E. (Hons)
Trent is an internationally experienced senior corporate executive and management consultant and has served as an executive and non-executive director on several private, public company and not-for-profit Boards.
He is passionate about improved through-life rehabilitation for cardiac patients and the delivery of world class, optimal healthcare for all New Zealanders.
CA (retired)
Kevin is a retired Chartered Accountant who held senior financial accounting roles in the financial services sector.
He has continued to provide governance and financial accounting expertise to a number of not-for-profit organisations. He fully supports exceptional charitable organisations like Heartbeats for the vision and passion they bring to improving the wellbeing of New Zealanders.
H. BSc, MSc (Hons), PGDip Health Psychology, NZ Registered
Vanessa is a Health Psychologist who is passionate about cardiac psychology and holistic wellbeing.
She has over 9 years’ experience working in both the public and private health sectors. She has worked at Auckland Hospital and Counties Manukau Hospital as a Health Psychologist in Adult Cardiology, Congenital Cardiology, Chronic Pain, and other health services.
Dr Guy Armstrong
B.Sc. MB.ChB, FRACS, FRACP, FACC, FESC, FCSANZ
Guy is an interventional and imaging cardiologist with interests in angioplasty, pacemakers, echocardiography and preventive cardiology. He chairs the A.H.Couch charitable trust, supporting cardiology research and education.
Neil Anderson
Atrial Fibrillation Subgroup Convenor
Neil is a heart event survivor who lives north of Auckland after living overseas and working to connect and support relationships with people, corporations and governments. He has been through various stages of Atrial Fibrillation over the last 20 years and is now permanently in AFib, that is being treated with a range of drugs. Heartbeats has been his ‘go-to’ support since going into permanent AFib.
Marydeane Paranihi-Morris
Maori and Pacific Engagement
Marydeane Paranihi is a Maori woman of Tuwharetoa / Ngati Mutunga descent. She is a retired social worker and heart event survivor, who has recovered from heart surgery three years ago.
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