Dr Bronwyn King AO

Special Advisor on Clean Air, Burnet Institute

Dr Bronwyn King AO

Special Advisor on Clean Air, Burnet Institute

Most of the time - The image conforms to the container's dimensions, which vary based on browser width. If the image isn't the same shape as the container, the image crops to fill the container completely.Dr Bronwyn King AO is a radiation oncologist by training. She has been working in the public health arena since 2010, first in tobacco control and more recently on the issue of clean indoor air. She is founder and CEO of global NGO Tobacco Free Portfolios, whose flagship initiative – the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge – launched at United Nations headquarters and now has 200+ signatories that control combined total assets of >US$17 trillion. Bronwyn’s TEDx Sydney talk has been viewed more than three million times.

Bronwyn is a former elite swimmer who represented Australia and for ten years worked as Team Doctor for the Australian Swimming Team. She is a non-executive director and currently serves on a number of boards.

In 2019 Bronwyn was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia and reigned throughout 2020 as Melburnian of the Year. In 2022 she was thrilled to accept the WHO Director-General Special Award for global tobacco control, on behalf of Tobacco Free Portfolios. She is pleased to be working with Burnet Institute and University of Melbourne to help advance Australia’s progress on clean indoor air.