Professor Brodaty understands health and medical research from the inside, the consumer view, and the big picture (as member of 2013 McKeon Review). He founded and led old age psychiatry in Australia and internationally. Academically he is pre-eminent: in psychogeriatrics as Australia’s most published researcher; in dementia among the top researchers in Australia and internationally (with translational and clinical emphases). His outstanding community involvement includes president/chair previously of Alzheimer’s Disease International, Alzheimer’s Australia, Alzheimer’s NSW and now International Psychogeriatric Association and NHMRC KT Dementia Committee; and 30 years membership of state and federal committees advancing mental health of older people.