Freda is an entrepreneur, executive and board director with an immense amount of experience educating and supporting world leaders and CEOs to promote equality and economic opportunities that empower women at a global level.
She is co-founding Chair of the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network - the only accredited organisation focused on women’s economic empowerment - with a remit to encourage, enable and embed economic empowerment for women throughout the Commonwealth. She served as President of BPW International (2011-2014) where she oversaw key resources and projects inline with the organisation’s Integrated Strategy Roadmap and developed BPW International’s first Sustainability Report. She is a director of The Hellenic Initiative (Aust) and believes in creating opportunities for Greek entrepreneurs and supports the commitment to economic development.Freda has worked in the investment advisory industry for over twenty years and as market commentator in broadcast and print media. She is a leader of international consortia promoting global commercial collaborations and alliances; is involved in establishing sustainable investment frameworks and policies by creating commercial partnerships in the investment and finance sector. She is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FinSia), Master Stockbroker with the Stockbrokers Association of Australia and Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Freda is an inaugural member of the Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Group (WEPs LG) that provides strategic guidance to the UN Women/UN Global Compact WEPs and a judging member of the WEPs CEO Leadership Awards Committee.