Charles has worked in Australia as Programs Manager / Acting EO at Harm Reduction Victoria and, since 2018, as Deputy CEO at NUAA. In his native New Zealand, he spent more than 15 years improving the health and well-being of, and developing effective peer-led services for, people who inject drugs nationwide. His main passion is harm reduction and dedicates his entire professional career to promoting the lives and human rights of people who use and inject illicit drugs, including the championing of low-barrier, accessible drug treatment options.

Kelly is the Director of Sexual Health and Blood Viruses for the NT Department of Health. She has a long history in SHBBV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and in South East Asia. She lives on beautiful Larrakia country where she has held senior nursing roles in public health, remote sexual health, primary health care – in continuous quality improvement, program management for the Hep B PAST and in COVID emergency management and preparedness. She is completing her PhD and is an investigator on several public health research projects through Menzies School of Health Research. The broad focus of Kelly’s work is to improve the cascade of care for people living with chronic hepatitis B, with a foundation step of determining everyone’s status and allocating a care pathway. Her passion is building the capacity of the health workforce, with a specific focus for the Aboriginal workforce, to manage and care for people living with chronic hepatitis B and to decrease shame and stigma.