Mr Neil Dent
Hastings Boys' High School Foundation Trustee
Neil Dent was born and raised in Hastings and attended Hastings Boys’ High School between 1979 and 1980. He was a prefect in 1979 and 1980, and played in the first fifteen in 1980.
He then studied law at Victoria University, working for a time in Auckland, then London before returning to Hastings in 1993 where he has worked at Gifford Devine, Solicitors ever since. He is now a Partner practising mainly in the property and commercial fields. Neil has been on the Board of the Hastings Boys’ High School Foundation since its inception.