Fiona Higgins

Specialist Adviser, Giving

Fiona has been involved at APS since 2012, being one of three founding directors of the entity. Prior to APS, Fiona held executive, senior management and board roles across the philanthropy, not-for-profit and communications sectors, including as Director of the Royal Agricultural Society Foundation (NSW), Executive Director & Member of the Advisory Board at The Caledonia Foundation, Philanthropy Services Manager at Cambooya Services and Program Manager at the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation.

Prior to her involvement in philanthropic services and family offices, Fiona’s career spanned program management in international development, Indonesian translation and communications.

Fiona holds tertiary qualifications in humanities, linguistics and social sciences and maintains a creative practice as a novelist of contemporary fiction published internationally by Macmillan, Allen & Unwin and Boldwood Books.