Former Estia Health Managing Director Norah Barlow retires as Heritage Lifecare CEO [Video]

Norah, who in six years turned the continuum of care operator into one of New Zealand’s leading operators, has agreed to became Chair of the Heritage Lifecare Board in her retirement.

“This transition has been carefully planned in collaboration with our shareholders at Adamantem, ensuring that Heritage will continue to thrive under new leadership. I am thrilled to introduce Brent Pattison as the incoming CEO. Brent brings a wealth of experience and shares our passion for placing residents at the heart of everything we do,” Norah said.

Brent had been the CEO of the upmarket retirement living operator Oceania Healthcare for the past three-and-a-half years. The transitional CEO of Levande, Suzanne Dvorak, has been apppointed as his replacement.

Norah’s career in the ageing sector began when her accounting business was hired by Wellington, New Zealand-based Summerset Group in 1994, before leaving her practice in 1999 to join Summerset full time as the Group Accountant and then becoming CEO …