Don Nutbeam is Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, and a Senior Advisor at the Sax Institute. His career has included senior leadership positions in universities, government, and health services. He is a public health scientist with research interests in social and behavioural determinants of health, and in the development and evaluation of public health interventions. He has made fundamental contributions to the theory, science and practice, and policy frameworks for public health over 40 years, including a leading role in WHO’s health promotion frameworks such as the Ottawa Charter, and globally in non-communicable disease prevention programs.