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Tim Wilson
Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit
Tim Wilson is the Director of the IP and Free Trade Unit at the IPA. Tim has worked as a Trade and Senior Communication Consultant for ITS Global and SDA Strategic, and an Project Manager (Development) for the Australian APEC Study Centre. He has also advised state and federal MPs. Tim has a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade and a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University. He has also studied IP at WIPO; and Global Health Diplomacy and the WTO, International Trade and Development at the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Dévelopment. Tim is a member of DFAT`s IP Industry Consultative Group.
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