Me & My Money: Having a head for numbers counts for insurance exec

Etiqa Insurance Singapore chief financial officer Claudia Soh says the decision to save for the long haul early in her career helped her find discipline to grow her money, ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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SINGAPORE – Ms Claudia Soh not only has a head for numbers, but she also likes dealing with them.

One of her fond memories of school is manually preparing a set of financial statements when learning about accounting principles in junior college. She also remembers being fascinated during her growing-up years watching her father, who worked in the industry, crunch numbers.

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