{"id":437781,"date":"2026-05-21T04:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/437781\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:29:09","slug":"financial-markets-authority-chief-executive-samantha-barrass-wont-seek-reappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/437781\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Markets Authority chief executive Samantha Barrass won\u2019t seek reappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Stobo resigned  this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">The Government is moving quickly to try to appoint a new chairperson well ahead of the November general election. The chair will be involved in selecting Barrass\u2019 replacement. Applications for the chairmanship close on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">The FMA\u2019s acting board chair, Steven Bardy, said: \u201cSamantha has provided strong leadership through a period of significant expansion for the FMA, including the implementation of the Conduct of Financial Institutions regime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHer regulatory experience has been invaluable as the FMA has navigated a challenging global environment and prepared to take on credit regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Barrass said it had been a privilege to lead the FMA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">The FMA clarified the announcement was being made now to allow sufficient time for a robust recruitment and transition process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nAzlsRkyMsZOvyL\" style=\"display:none\">Jen\u00e9e Tibshraeny is the Herald\u2019s Wellington business editor, based in the parliamentary press gallery. She specialises in government and Reserve Bank policymaking, economics and banking.<\/p>\n<p>Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Business newsletter<\/a> \u2013 your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stobo resigned this month. The Government is moving quickly to try to appoint a new chairperson well ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1124,223867,138,3937,4726,3938,1644,1888,68199,220,111,139,69,6029,113916,205,67902,11925,1335,14443],"class_list":["post-437781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-authority","tag-barrass","tag-business","tag-chief","tag-ends","tag-executive","tag-financial","tag-first","tag-january","tag-markets","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-once","tag-reappointment","tag-role","tag-samantha","tag-seek","tag-term","tag-wont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}