Purpose-led. Evidence-backed. Built for impact.
Fair Futures advises executive teams, government bodies, and multi-stakeholder coalitions on how to manage modern slavery risks, align collective resources, and drive systemic impact beyond tick-box compliance.
We combine deep field experience, global data, and practical strategy to give leaders confidence in the way forward - satisfying regulators, strengthening supply chains, and upholding worker dignity.
Leadership & Authority
Fiona David | Founder & Principal
Fiona David is a globally recognised authority on human rights governance and sustainability.
As Executive Director of Global Research at Walk Free, she was the founding architect and research lead for the Global Slavery Index.
She also brokered and negotiated the landmark strategic collaboration between Walk Free and the UN (ILO & IOM) to produce the UN Global Estimates of Modern Slavery - delivering a shared understanding of the scale of modern slavery globally, accepted by governments, businesses and civil society.
Today, she guides corporate, institutional, and coalition leaders through complex human rights risks, turning regulatory obligations into defensible strategy.
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Global Slavery Index Architect | Former Executive Director of Global Research at Walk Free, designing the world’s benchmark modern slavery dataset.
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High Impact Collaborations | Brokered and negotiated the landmark UN-Walk Free alliance (ILO & IOM) delivering the UN Global Estimates of Modern Slavery.
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Regulatory & Policy Expertise | Principal Drafter, UN Model Laws on Transnational Crime and Migrant Smuggling, Member, Advisory Panel to NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
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TISFD Regional Governance | Member, Asia Pacific Regional Council, Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures.
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Academic Authority | 1,250+ academic citations providing a rigorous evidence base for executive risk governance.
What Our Clients Say
"Fiona grasped the need to meet both financial and social objectives, developing a fast but rigorous process... The resulting blueprint is clear, operationally feasible and commercially relevant. She combines deep expertise in preventing modern slavery and achieving systems change alongside practical skills in developing solutions that are fit for purpose."
— Rachel Reilly, Ethical Clothing Australia
Fiona David, Founder and Principal, Fair Futures.
Our Purpose & Enterprise Model
Fair Futures is a social enterprise dedicated to driving systemic human rights reform. We fulfill our social purpose through two core commitments:
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Lived-Experience Integration: We embed paid roles for people with lived experience of modern slavery into our professional advisory engagements, ensuring survivor voices inform both corporate strategy and public policy.
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Policy & Advocacy Leadership: We contribute our expertise to drafting legislation, advising parliamentary committees, and shaping national reporting standards.
This ensures your strategy is shaped by advisors building future regulatory standards, and grounded in the reality of how exploitation actually happens.
The Fair Futures Team
We operate as a lean, senior-led advisory. Every engagement is personally directed by Fiona David, supported by a specialist unit of researchers and lived-experience advisors.
Shannon Hobbs | Senior Research Analyst
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Specialises in the critical intersection of modern slavery and climate change (MSc), leveraging deep strategic work to inform critical insights on corporate due diligence, evolving regulatory frameworks, and multi-stakeholder collaborations.
Tahlia McDonald | Research Analyst
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Combines rigorous analytical research with human-centred stakeholder engagement, delivering deep insights into evolving regulatory frameworks while ensuring consultation processes build genuine trust and alignment across diverse groups.
Jin Kim | Lived Experience Advisor and Research Assistant
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Combines meticulous attention to detail with sharp legal analysis (LL.B candidate) and lived experience insight - ensuring research, stakeholder consultations, and strategy are underpinned by technical rigour and grounded in real-world reality.
