Leadership Team
John is a leader in public health and safety and the inaugural CEO of Penington Institute.
John actively works to promote sensible approaches to drug use in the community including with media and by providing expert advice including to governments.
He is a member of the Victorian Government’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room Review Panel, an innovative trial conducted in North Richmond.
Having previously worked as a university researcher, government policy-maker, and in frontline service delivery as a needle and syringe program worker, John is immediate past President of London-based Harm Reduction International.
John holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. In 2012, he received a Churchill Fellowship to study ways to enhance public health approaches to drug policy.
Penington Institute offers several regular e-newsletters, publications
and online forums to help keep you up to date.
Penington Institute offers several regular
e-newsletters, publications and online forums
to help keep you up to date.
Every dollar you donate supports our work to improve community
health and safety related to alcohol and other drugs.
Every dollar you donate supports our work to improve community health and safety related to alcohol and other drugs.
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Carlton VIC 3053 Australia
