Fiona Barr

Skills

Strategy & Impact: Organisation-wide strategy development & execution • Strategic delivery oversight & organisational capability building • Impact, learning & performance frameworks for decision-making & accountability • Executive & Board advisory • Governance & risk oversight

Fundraising & Policy: Income diversification & partnership strategy • Charitable positioning & value-for-money narratives • Government, donor & corporate engagement • Cross-sector collaboration & convening

Team Leadership & Collaboration: Senior, inclusive leadership • Coordinating teams across functions & cultures • Internal strategic alignment around direction & impact • Leading teams through transition

About

Senior organisational leader with 25+ years’ experience shaping strategy, impact and sustainable organisational change across international charities and mission-driven organisations across Asia, Africa, Europe and the US. Demonstrated ability to partner with executive teams and Boards to clarify organisational purpose, strengthen strategic focus, and build durable systems that connect aspirations with delivery, strengthening organisational credibility, operational resilience and adaptive learning in uncertain environments.

Combines deep expertise in designing and embedding fit-for-purpose donor lifecycle management and stewardship systems with robust impact measurement, learning and performance frameworks, supporting organisations through transition and decentralisation with coherent funding and performance systems. Recognised for calm, analytical and diplomatic leadership, with the ability to translate ambitious mission into practical, implementable strategies, systems and narratives that enable organisations to deliver with authority, resilience and measurable impact.