Gabrielle Staples was born in Hertford, England in 1951. Raised and educated in New Zealand she received a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration Degree from Victoria University of Wellington and qualified as a chartered accountant – because accountants were supposed to earn lots of money. A few years in practice soon dampened her enthusiasm for bean counting and she moved into the more interesting world of marketing and communications where she made a reasonable living for a number of years. more...
