Volume 203, Issue 9 - 2 November, 2015. Dr Alessandro Demaio is co-founder of global social movement NCDFree. He is about to take up a new position with the World Health Organization in Geneva, working on global health in the fields of non-communicable diseases and nutrition. He discusses NCDFree's achievements, the upcoming Festival21 in Melbourne, and his hopes for his new position at WHO. With MJA engagement editor, Cate Swannell.