Philip Davies joined the University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Population
Health as Professor in Health Systems and Policy in April 2009. He was previously
a Deputy Secretary in the Australian Government’s Department of Health &
Ageing (DoHA), and was the CRCAH Board member representing DoHA.

Professor Davies has more than 30 years’ international experience of health care
policy and management. Before coming to Australia in 2002 he worked as a Senior
Health Economist with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. Prior to
that he was a Deputy Director-General in New Zealand’s Ministry of Health where
he was responsible for sector-wide policy issues.