Fiona an independent director of Frontier Advisors and is an advisory board member working across superannuation ESG and sustainability issues. Fiona served as the CEO of the PRI for over nine years, stepping down at the beginning of 2022.
Appointed at the beginning of 2013, Fiona has 25 years’ experience in the financial services and pension sector. She joined the PRI from Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), where she spent seven years as the CEO, working within the Australian superannuation sector. In this position she played an active role in advocating pension fund policy and participated in several government committees and working groups on superannuation and retirement incomes policy.
Fiona was named by Barron’s magazine of one of the 20 most influential people in sustainability globally and has twice been named by the Australian Financial Review (AFR) as of one of Australia’s one hundred women of influence for her work in financial services and responsible investment.
Previously, Fiona has served on the Board of the UN Global Compact and chaired the Financial Services Commission into Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (The Liechtenstein Initiative). She was a member of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), the Global Advisory Council on Stranded Assets at Oxford University, the Advisory Board for the Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road in China, the UK Green Finance Institute and the Steering Committee for Climate Action 100+, the largest investor engagement initiative with listed companies. Her past roles also include serving on the investment committee for the Laudes Foundation, the advisory board for BASF and the advisory council of Bloomberg Green. Additionally, Fiona has been a pension fund director/trustee of AUSfund and has held board positions at Industry Funds Credit Control, Australia for UNHCR, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, the National Women in Super Network and the Global Steering Committee for the Investor Agenda on Climate Action.