Paola Barbarino MA

Paola leads on all aspects of ADI’s strategy. Together with the Board, Paola ensures our strategy is implemented and resourced in all aspects. Paola is ADI's main spokesperson and represents the organization internationally and on the NCD Alliance board. She is a Board Member of the World Dementia Council, a Trustee of The Postal Museum and of Lauderdale House. Prior to ADI, she was CEO of LIFE and occupied senior positions with Cass Business School, Tate, British Library and IIED.

Previously she was a Non-Executive Director of the Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (NCDA), a Trustee of Shelter, the housing/homelessness charity, and of MLA London. She holds a degree cum laude in Classics from Federico II Napoli University, an MA in Field and Analytical Techniques in Archaeology and an MA in Library and Information Science both from University College London.