Bruce has extensive experience in health promotion policy and programs and has worked in government, non-government, university and healthcare organisations. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Population & Global Health at the University of Melbourne and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Leadership in Health Promotion hosted by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth). Bruce holds a PhD in addition to master degrees in public health and psychological science, and is currently employed as Executive Manager, Programs at VicHealth.