After 60 years, Val Braumann considers the people of Forsyth Barr Ltd to be family. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONSharemarket crashes and recessions, huge changes in technology and a global pandemic — Val Braumann has seen and survived a great deal in her 60 years at Forsyth Barr. Forsyth Barr chief executive Neil Paviour-Smith said Miss Braumann had been a pleasant and dependable employee through thick and thin. Having started work in the time of company founder Robert Forsyth Barr, she had an unmatched institutional knowledge. "She’s the source of truth within Forsyth Barr about what’s happened in the past."

Source: Otago Daily Times April 09, 2021 16:30 UTC