Francis Perdon is currently the Philippines Country Lead for 'Investing in Women', an Australian Government initiative. He has a decade of experience working on public, foreign, and development policies across a range of professional settings, including in a regional organization, academe and diplomatic mission. He also had short stints working for a bilateral donor project focused on higher education, and in a management consulting firm specializing in Australian public policy. He received his Master of Public Policy and Management (First Class Honors) as part of the Dean's Honors List from The University of Melbourne, and was admitted to the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Public Governance and Administration (CAS PGA) programme at ETH Zurich.