Kawaldip Sehmi is CEO at the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations. He has an academic background in public health and law. He was previously managing director at an international children’s legal center, leading a team of international lawyers working on child rights, including the right to health, and served as CEO at an international mental health charity specializing in niche mental health services, supporting young people and adults with complex mental health, personality disorder, and substance misuse problems.