Melinda Cilento is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia. She joined the Business Council of Australia in April 2002 and has sig­ni­fic­ant public and private sector exper­i­ence in eco­nomic policy devel­op­ment and analysis.

Prior to joining the BCA Melinda worked with County Investment Management (now Invesco) as Head of Economics. Melinda has also worked with the Department of Treasury in various roles, and spent two years working at the International Monetary Fund as the tech­nical assist­ant to the Australian Executive Director.

Ms. Cilento has a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Flinders University, and a Masters of Economics from the Australian National University.

Melinda par­ti­cip­ated as a speaker at the inaug­ural Left Right Think-Tank Ennovate Conference, in Melbourne on the 21st of August 2009.