Ms Hayley Jones

Hayley Jones is Director of the McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer, a joint initiative of Cancer Council Victoria, the Union for International Cancer Control and Cancer Council Australia. Hayley leads the McCabe Centre team based in Australia, Fiji, Kenya, New Zealand and the Philippines. Through world-leading research and training programs, the McCabe Centre empowers individuals, organisations and governments to use law to prevent cancer and other noncommunicable diseases, and to advance equitable health care for all people. Hayley is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre of Law and Noncommunicable Disease and leads the McCabe Centre’s work as the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Knowledge Hub on Legal Challenges. Hayley is Co-Chair of the Executive Board for the Australian Network of WHO Collaborating Centres. Dual-qualified as a lawyer in Australia and England, and with a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne, Hayley’s background includes legal initiatives supporting access to justice, health and education for children, migrants and people living in poverty, focused on ensuring no one is left behind. As part of the Technical Advisory Group, Hayley will share her experiences on opportunities to use law and policy to reduce the NCD burden in the Western Pacific region and beyond.