Fiona Simson
Fiona Simson | |
|---|---|
| Education | University of Canberra |
| Occupation | Vice-president World Farmers' Organisation |
Board member of | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Future Food Systems. |
Fiona Simson is the vice-president of the World Farmers' Organisation. She was the first woman president of the National Farmers' Federation.[1]
Education and early life
[edit]Simson grew up on a farm near Armidale, in NSW, Australia. She was a rotary exchange student, in 1982 in Denmark.[2]
Simson followed a career in corporate life, followed by a role in local government. She graduated from Bachelor of Arts, at the University of Canberra and is a graduate of the Australian Company Directors. In 2006, she successfully campaigned to stop mining companies from extracting coal seam gas, in central NSW, Caroona.[2]
Career
[edit]Simson ran a family farming business, including a broad acre farming and commercial breeding business, and she was elected as a Councillor in the Liverpool Plains Shire Council.[citation needed]
In 2016, Simson was elected President of the National Farmers' Federation.[3] She is an advisor for Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, on the topic of agricultural research and development.[4] She is also a board member on the Australian Made Campaign, AgStewardship Australia, and the Board of NRMA (NSW). She is also on the board of the Australian Farmers Fighting Fund.[citation needed]
Simson was appointed to the statutory Nature Repair Committee in 2024.[5] She was also a Director of the Biodiversity Conservation Trust of NSW, and One Basin CRC. Simson is Patron of the National Rural Press Clue, and of the Program for NFF Diversity in Leadership.[6]
Also in 2024, Simson became an honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, in 2024.[7][1]
Simson was elected as the first Australian vice president of the World Farmers' Organisation in 2024.[8][9]
Awards and honours
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Murphy, Brigette (21 June 2024). "'Bit of a big deal' as Australian woman first to be elected deputy of world farming body". ABC News. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- 1 2 Riminton, Hugh (8 December 2018). "The Year That Made Me: Fiona Simson, 1982". ABC listen. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Osky. "Fiona Simson". The Crawford Fund. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Fiona Simson". The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Davidson, Stacey (28 August 2024). "NFF celebrates Fiona Simson's role on new Nature Repair Committee". National Farmers' Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Leadership". National Roads and Motorists' Association Limited. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "New Fellows 2024". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Fiona Simson named keynote speaker for 2025 National Landcare Conference". The Land. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Davidson, Stacey (20 June 2024). "Historic win for farmers: Fiona Simson elected WFO Vice President". National Farmers' Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ Marzo, Valeria Di (9 June 2023). "The World Farmers' Organisation Welcomes New Vice President and Board Member". World Farmers' Organisation. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "NFF president Fiona Simson receives 2023 Rabobank Leadership Award". Rabobank. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Fiona Simson". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ↑ "Farmers applaud appointment of Fiona Simson to Climate Change Authority". Farmers for Climate Action. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
External links
[edit]
 | This article needs additional or more specific categories. (August 2025) |