Carmela Sergi is an accomplished senior executive and intellectual property attorney with extensive leadership experience across the pharmaceutical, medical technology, aged care and health service sectors. Carmela served as the founding CEO of ARIIA, Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia and is currently a Board member of Advocacy for Disability Access and Inclusion Inc (ADAI).

Carmela is committed to improving health and care through collaboration, knowledge translation and industry uptake of research outcomes. She has significant experience in leading large and complex research & industry collaborations with a focus on commercialisation and translational impact. Carmela also brings extensive experience in developing partnerships at local, national and international levels. She has a proven track-record of working with diverse stakeholders such as government, university, industry, health services, consumer organisations and business including start-up, SME and large corporations.