PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 30 MAY 1990
The Government will be recommending to the Governor-
General that Dr Malcolm McIntosh, currently a Deputy
Secretary in the Department of Defence, be appointed l: o
replace Dr David Charles as Secretary to DITAC.
Dr Charles will leave his present post on 1 July to take
up appointment as Consul-General in Berlin. Ile has been
Secretary to DITAC for five years and has made an
outstanding contribution in that portfolio, and for thc
Government: as at whole, over that period.
In 1979, Dr McIntosh was Secretary to the Comnmitt~ ee of
Inquiry into Technological Change in Australia.
Subsequently, hie held various posts in industry policy
and programs, with periods in the Industries Assistance
Commission, the Department of Productivity and the2
Department of Industry and Commerce befor moviin4 I: o thfa
Department of Defence in 1.982.
In that Department hie played a key role in oversighting
the management changes and corporatisation of defence
factories and dockyards.
Most recently, Dr McIntosh carried responsibility in the
Department of Defence for capital equipment and other
acquisition and disposal programs, logistics policies,
industry development and export policies, and defence
sales. JjW S T R A '-( IA
Hawke, Robert
Period of Service: 11/03/1983 - 20/12/1991
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