PhD in Economics 2002
Master of Economics 1997
Career highlights
Appointed Secretary to the Treasury in September 2019.
- Appointed Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development from September 2017 to August 2019.
- Awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the area of climate change policy in 2016.
- Held the role of Deputy Secretary in multiple government departments including:
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2016–2017)
- Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (2016)
- Department of the Environment (2013–2016)
- Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (2012–2013)
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (2010–2012)
- Worked with the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Treasury from 1992 to 2010.
Career philosophy
“The questions are always more important than the answers.”
— Sir Ernest Shackleton