My Net Worth: Melissa Cantell, chief executive, Aon New Zealand

My Net Worth: Melissa Cantell, chief executive, Aon New Zealand
Melissa Cantell is a firm fan of central Otago. (Image: Aon)
Brent Melville
Aucklander Melissa Cantell was appointed to the top job at insurance brokerage Aon NZ last July. She heads up a team of 1,000, who are part of a global network of more than 55,000. Her career in the insurance industry has included almost three years as CEO with Fidelity Life Assurance, prior to which she spent five and a half years with IAG, part of that as covid response director with the firm. A former lawyer with Bell Gully, she moved into corporate law as counsel with Fonterra China, where she was responsible for M&A work on major...

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