Amanda Davis has been working in the area of blindness prevention and public health since 2006.

Her experience spans advocacy, education, research, infrastructure development and funding; developing and managing relationships with key stakeholders and partners spanning government departments, institutional donors, universities, NGOs, community stakeholders and industry.

Amanda currently holds the position Director of Strategic Initiatives with the Fred Hollows Foundation. This role is responsible for the identification and execution of opportunities form partnerships and coalitions to drive change and secure, leverage and catalyse funding.

From 2016 to 2025, Amanda has held the elected position of Chair of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) in the Western Pacific region.

She is currently the Chair of the Political Engagement Group for the Global Eye Health Summit and Co-chair of the Refractive Error Core Strategy group.

As a founding member of the IAPB Technology Taskforce, she co-authored the eye health sector technology guide. Amanda is also a Foundation Committee member of the WHO SPECS Initiative.