The Prime Minister today announced that the Government would recommend to the Governor-General in Council, that Her Excellency appoint Stephen Sedgwick as the Australian Public Service Commissioner.
Mr Sedgwick has had a long and distinguished career in the public sector having served as the Secretary to the Commonwealth Departments of Finance and Education between 1992 and 2002. He was, most recently, Professor and Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne. He is a former Commissioner and Chairperson of the Industry Commission, a former senior officer of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and was the Senior Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Hawke from 1985 to 1988.
"Mr Sedgwick brings to the position a wealth of experience in public administration at senior levels," the Prime Minister said. "He will play a key role in the process of the review and reform of the Australian Public Service which the Government is undertaking to ensure that it is well placed to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century".
Mr Sedgwick graduated with Honours in Economics from the University of Sydney and holds a Master's Degree from the University of London ( LSE). He was a member of the Board of the Asian Development Bank between 2002 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Research and Policy Council of the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia.