Martha T. Higgins
Executive Vice President,
Human Capital Resources

Martha is Executive Vice President and Director of Human Capital Resources at Boston Private. She is responsible for enterprise-wide human capital initiatives and serves as an advisor to senior management and to the company's affiliate partners on human capital strategy, workforce planning and overall workforce effectiveness. In addition, she supports the Boston Private Board of Directors' Compensation Committee and is a member of the company's Senior Policy Group.

Prior to joining Boston Private, Martha was a Senior Consultant and Relationship Manager at W.T. Haigh & Company, a boutique executive compensation and human resources consulting firm in Cambridge, MA.  As one of the firm's Senior Consultants, Martha was responsible for significant client relationships, serving as an advisor to public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations on executive compensation and broader human resources issues.

Martha has over 20 years of experience working in the financial services industry. She started her career at The Boston Company (at the time a subsidiary of Shearson Lehman/American Express) and also worked for Fidelity Investments as a Senior Compensation Consultant.

Martha received her B.A. from Middlebury College and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) through World at Work (formerly the American Compensation Association) and is a Certified Equity Professional (CEP) through the CEP Institute of Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business and Administration.