ANDREA grew up on a 2,400 acre hill-country sheep farm in Wanganui. A typical day’s work would see her up at six in the morning to head off on horse-back, not returning until dark. Leaving the farm to explore employment opportunities, Andrea’s first job was personal assistant to Chas Poynter, Mayor of Wanganui. In 1989 she left New Zealand to travel the world, eventually settling in London where she worked in the corporate world, specialising in international shipping insurance. She met her husband there, and in 1995 they moved to New Zealand where she worked for PriceWaterhousCoopers. In 2003 she joined Harcourts in Kumeu as a Sales and Marketing Consultant. She has consistently achieved excellent sales results and built up a strong reputation in the local community for her honesty, perseverance and professionalism. She believes that the values she learnt from her rural upbringing, together with her corporate experience and world travel, have contributed to make her ideally suited to working in the fast moving pace of real estate. Andrea has attained her NZQA National Certificate in Real Estate for Branch Manager. She lives with her family in Kumeu.