Tim Wilson is the Director of the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit at the Institute of Public Affairs. He’s previously worked for trade and communication consultancies and in international development for the Australian APEC Study Centre. Tim has a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade and a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University. He has also studied IP at the WIPO Academy; and Global Health Diplomacy and the WTO, International Trade and Development at the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développment. Tim is a member of DFAT`s IP Industry Consultative Group. In 2009 he was recognised as one of the ten emerging leaders of Australian society.