Vanessa Benedict, CIM, CIFP, LLQP, BSc (Hons)
Wealth Advisor, Portfolio Manager
With over 25 years of diverse industry experience, Vanessa Benedict is one of just 5% of all Portfolio Managers in Canada that is female.
Vanessa works closely with her clients and meetings with her will always include a conversation about you, your family, your life, and things that are near and dear to you.
She looks at the markets from a broad perspective and her strength is in interpreting that activity and explaining what the numbers mean to her clients and their investments.
Vanessa is a Director on the Board of the Lakeridge Hospital Foundation in honour of her father, a now-retired Lakeridge Health doctor. She is an active member of the Campaign Cabinet behind the Our Cancer Campaign to raise funds to advance cancer care throughout Lakeridge Health.
Vanessa Benedict (Sangaralingham) was born and raised in Oshawa, Ontario. After earning a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Life Sciences and a Minor Degree in Psychology at Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario she moved to Toronto to begin her career in the financial services sector.
In 2004, Vanessa moved back to Oshawa to marry and be close to her family. Vanessa and her husband have two children, Gabriella and Marcus. She’s a very proud and involved hockey, lacrosse and golf mom.
Vanessa is a proud supporter of Girls Inc. Durham, The Denise House and Simcoe Hall Settlement House.
Contact Vanessa at Vanessa.Benedict@nbc.ca
Vanessa’s words to live by…
Always treat people the way you would want to be treated.
What she enjoys doing with her family…
Cooking with my mom.
Vanessa’s hidden talent
Drawing and painting.
Proudest of…
Being a mom and earning my Portfolio Management designation - only 5% of all PMs in Canada are women.