Francette is a passionate One Health practitioner who has spent her career addressing the complex challenges of antimicrobial resistance, pandemic prevention and food security. As an Agricultural Scientist and Veterinarian with a Masters in Public Heath, she has an excellent understanding of conservation, agriculture and animal and human health systems, coupled with strong technical skills in epidemiology, disease risk reduction, capacity building and emergency disease management. She has worked for the World Health Organisation on zoonotic collaboration and One Health in Beijing, Laos and Fiji and for the World Bank in Mongolia. Most recently she spent 5 years as Senior One Health Advisor at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security.