My Net Worth: Samantha Barrass, Financial Markets Authority CEO

My Net Worth: Samantha Barrass, Financial Markets Authority CEO
Samantha Barrass. (Image: Supplied)
Jacques Steenkamp
Samantha Barrass is the chief executive of the Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand. She has undergraduate and master's degrees in economics and has lived and worked in both NZ and Britain. She is the mother of three adults who live in the UK, while she lives with her dog, Freddy, in Wellington.I was born in Rainham, Kent, in the UK, and spent the first nearly eight years of my life there. Then, my parents emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, where I lived in South Brighton. I have quite a few memories from living in Kent, but they...

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