🌍 Expatriation is not just one person’s career opportunity. It’s a family project, and everyone’s financial future deserves a place at the table.
🎙️ In this new episode I’m joined by Marine Bonnin Zakhour to explore the financial realities of expat mums. After moving to Dubai and experiencing life without a salary for the first time, Marine reinvented herself, moving from marketing to supporting expat mums in building their financial confidence and security.
💡 We talked about:
✨ Why expatriation is a family decision, not just a career opportunity for one partner.
💰 How our relationship with money can change abroad, from growing wealth to building freedom, security and choices.
🚩 The financial blind spots expat families often overlook: • Focusing on your new financial life while forgetting the assets and obligations back home. • Confusing a high household income with long-term financial security. • Keeping too much cash because the future feels uncertain
👩👧 The hidden financial impact on expat mums. Career breaks can last much longer than expected, affecting career progression, salary growth, pension contributions and investment opportunities. And beyond the income gap, there can be a much bigger wealth gap and a confidence gap, too.
🛡️ We also discussed family protection, life and critical illness insurance, how to make sure both partners are building financial security
🎧 Tune in to Money Chill Out for an honest conversation about money and building financial security abroad.
💬 And to you, have you considered the long-term financial impact of expatriation on the partner who follows?
