My Net Worth: Sirma Karapeeva, CEO, Meat Industry Association

My Net Worth: Sirma Karapeeva, CEO, Meat Industry Association
Sirma Karapeeva advocates for the second-largest goods-exporting sector in New Zealand.
Rebecca Howard
Sirma Karapeeva moved to New Zealand in 1995 and, after university studies here, joined the public service, where she developed a deep knowledge of trade policy and significant experience in trade negotiations. In 2015, she was appointed the trade and economic manager of the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and five years later was promoted to chief executive.I was born in Bulgaria and moved at the age of 8 to Tanzania, where I worked hard to learn English quickly to be part of the expat community.When I was little (below), I wanted to...

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