Antonella Cardone joined CPE as CEO at the end of 2022. She is also the Patient Advocacy Expert and Board Advisor at Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE), a leading European multi-stakeholder platform on pancreatic cancer, where she served as vice-chair. She sat on the Board of All.Can and was Director of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC). She has 25 years of experience working for non-profits in the health, social, and employment sectors. Antonella was the Executive Director of the Fit for Work Global Alliance, a multi-stakeholder coalition championing health and work policy change. She has previously served as the Director of the Global Smoke-free Partnership of the American Cancer Society, leading a movement of over 100 members to coordinate the development of smoke-free laws in 40 countries.