- International public policy analyst and commentator specialising in international trade, health, intellectual property and climate change policy.
- Director of Climate Change Policy and the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs – the world’s oldest free market think tank.
- Senior Fellow at New York’s Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.
Recognition
- Invited participant to The Australian newspaper’s 2011 Shaping Our Future: Ideas to Change a Century series on public health financing.
- Invited participant to the 2011 inaugural Australian-ASEAN Emerging Leaders Programme run by ISIS Malaysia, the St James Ethics Centre and Asialink.
- Recognised in the 2011 SameSame25 list of most influential GLBT Australians.
- Invited participant to the 2010 inaugural ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Taiwan Future Leaders Program.
- Received a 2010 Australian Leadership Award from the Australian Davos Connection.
- Recognised as a 2010 Fellow of the Asialink Leaders Program at the University of Melbourne.
- Recognised by The Australian newspaper as one of the ten emerging leaders of Australian society as part of its 2009 Next 100 series.
- Twice-elected President of the Monash University Student Union.
Media and commentary
- Appears on Australian and international television and radio and previously co-hosted ABC News 24 TV’s Snapshot segment.
- Appears weekly on 3AW’s Talking Policy.
- Appears fortnightly on ABC 774′s The Wrap.
- Appears regularly on ABC News 24’s News Breakfast and The Drum, Sky News TV‘s Lunchtime Agenda and The Contrarians.
- Regularly published in Australian and international print media, including The Australian, the Wall Street Journal Asia and Europe and the Australian Financial Review.
- Regularly contributes to academic journals and books.
Education
- Currently completing a Graduate Diploma of Energy and the Environment (Climate Science and Global Warming) at Perth’s Murdoch University.
- Completed specialist executive education on global public health policy and diplomacy in a joint program of Geneva’s Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développment and the World Health Organisation.
- Completed specialist executive education on intellectual property at the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Worldwide Academy.
- Studied the WTO, International Trade and Development at Geneva’s Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développment.
- Trained carbon accountant from Swinburne.
- Completed a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade (International Trade) from the Monash Graduate School of Business.
- Completed a Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) from Monash University.
- Completed a Diploma of Business.
Board and professional committee service
- Current Board Director of Alfred Health.
- Current member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s IP industry consultative group.
- Previous appointed member of the Steering Committee of the Sydney Opera House’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas.
- Previously elected Member of the Council (Board of Director’s equivalent) and Audit Committee of Australia’s largest University, Monash University, with campuses in Australia, Malaysia, South Africa, Italy and the United Kingdom.
- Previously appointed three year Board member for food and retail services company, Monyx Services Pty Ltd.
- Previously elected four year Chairman and Board member of the Monash University Student Union Pty Ltd.
Previously
- Worked in international development across South East Asia.
- Delivered Australia’s 2006 logistical and policy aid program to help the Vietnamese government host APEC.
- Worked as a Trade, Intellectual Property and Environment Consultant.
- Advised State and Federal Parliamentarians.
Personal
- Member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, the Australian-American Association, the Melbourne-South Yarra Group, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery of Victoria and the Tate Modern (London).
- Enjoys walking, running and bike riding.
- Currently lives in Melbourne with his partner, Ryan.
