Fiona Trigona
Executive General Manager, Group Treasurer, NBN Co
Fiona has been NBN Co Group Treasurer since March 2021 and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of funding, liquidity and interest rate risk management activities, growing NBN Co’s investor base and running a broad range of funding programs. In her previous role, Fiona was Head of Funding and Balance Sheet for NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), where she was responsible for the interest rate risk management and funding of the $120bn Balance Sheet.
Fiona has been NBN Co Group Treasurer since March 2021 and is responsible for driving the strategic direction of funding, liquidity and interest rate risk management activities, growing NBN Co’s investor base and running a broad range of funding programs. In her previous role, Fiona was Head of Funding and Balance Sheet for NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), where she was responsible for the interest rate risk management and funding of the $120bn Balance Sheet.
Her career highlights include the issuance of NBN’s inaugural Green Bond issue. The A$800m transaction represents the largest AUD green bond offering by an Australian corporate on record. This was recently followed by NBN’s inaugural EUR1.35bn ($A2.1bn) Green bond in the European market which was the largest Green Bond issued in any currency by an Australian corporate issuer to date.
NBN Co. is now the largest corporate issuer in the Australian market and has issued nearly $17bn in multiple markets including Australia, US, Europe, Japan and non-Japan Asia.
Fiona holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney, majoring in Pure Mathematics and Chemistry, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia (FINSIA). In addition to her accreditation with the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), she was a member of the AFMA Market Governance Committee and AFMA Professionalism Committee and a former chair of the NSW Sustainability Bond Committee. Her passion for the profession also extends to championing diversity and development and as well as being a regular panelist and speaker at events like the Women in Banking and Finance Conference, she is an experienced mentor and has participated in a number of internal and industry programs.
