Prof Skerritt is Chair of the IWMI Board and is experienced in agricultural, environmental and health R&D and R&D managment. He is currently CEO of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the Australian equivalent of USFDA. He was previously Deputy Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria, Australia’s largest agricultural exporting state, and had responsibility for 1,200 staff and a $250 m budget covering agriculture, fisheries, farm forestry and biosecurity.