Warwick Peter Anderson AO is an emeritus professor at Monash University. He was previously Secretary General of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization and CEO of NHMRC, Australia’s major governmental funding body for health and research. Before that, he headed the School of Biomedical Sciences at Monash and was Deputy Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute, following fellowships at the University of Sydney and Harvard Medical School. His research focused on renal causes of hypertension. Anderson has served on numerous national and international scientific bodies, including the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council, and published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles.