Ian Olver is a medical oncologist with a PhD in bioethics who received an AM for service to medical oncology as a clinician, researcher, administrator and mentor and to the community through leadership roles with cancer control organisations. Currently Director of the Sansom Institute for Health Research, and Professor of Translational Cancer Research, University of South Australia, he has published over 250 journal articles, 22 book chapters, and 7 books. He was president of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, CEO of Cancer Council Australia, and is President elect of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.