Full Name
Effie Zahos
Job Title
Money Editor
Company
9News
Speaker Bio
Effie Zahos is one of Australia’s leading personal finance commentators, with 30 years’ experience helping Australians make smarter decisions about their money.
Currently 9News Money Editor, Effie has built her career translating complex financial topics into practical, easy-to-understand information across television, radio, print and digital media. She was previously Chief Content Officer at InvestSMART, Editor-at-Large at Canstar and Editor of Money magazine, which she helped establish in 1999.
Effie is also a non-executive director of InvestSMART and sits on the board of Ecstra, a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving the financial capability of Australians.
She is the author of The Great $20 Adventure, A Real Girl’s Guide to Money and Ditch the Debt and Get Rich, and holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland.
Passionate about financial literacy, Effie brings an engaging, practical perspective to investing, saving, superannuation and everyday money decisions.
Effie Zahos