Scott Willis

National President, Australian Physiotherapy Association

Scott Willis is the first Indigenous man to be elected as National President of the APA. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) before moving to the North West Coast of Tasmania where he is co-director of a multidisciplinary clinic. He has experience within the public, primary health, private practice, rural, indigenous, aged care, and occupational health sectors, having held a number of leadership roles. Scott has extensive knowledge and experience in policy, advocacy and the political arena. He has held positions on the Board of Directors of the Division of General Practice North West in Tasmania, Tasmania’s Medicare Local’s Primary Health Care Strategic Advisory Council, and the Clinical Advisory Council of Primary Health Tasmania.