Alexis Cooper has been appointed as Head, Sport Engagement at Sport Integrity Australia. Ryan Neelam has been promoted to Assistant Secretary, Policy and Program Management in DFAT. Photos: LinkedIn & Lowy Institute.
A breakdown of the latest appointments and moves in the Australian Public Service, the wider public sector and across the public services of the states and territories.
APS Senior Executive Service
Band 1
Alexis Cooper has been appointed as Head, Sport Engagement at Sport Integrity Australia.
Ryan Neelam has been promoted to Assistant Secretary, Policy and Program Management in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Mike Pope, Jasmine Snow, Tahli Fenner, Julia Atkinson, Ashley McLachlan-Bent, Joanne Smith and Caitlin O’Brien have all been appointed as Assistant Secretaries in the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
Elmer Wiegold has been promoted to branch manager (COO) at Safe Work Australia.
Band 2
Mikaela James has been appointed as Head, Policy, Strategy & Engagement in the Australian Submarine Agency.
Band 3
Alexandra Kelton has been appointed as Deputy Director-General Strategy in the Australian Submarine Agency.
Belinda (Bo) Robertson has been appointed as Deputy CEO at Services Australia.
Other federal appointments
Former ATO deputy commissioner Andrew Orme has been appointed as secretary of the Tax Practitioners Board to succeed Michael O’Neill.
The government has announced the reappointment of former Paralympian Kurt Fearnley as chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Board for a further three-year term.
Arrernte, Warumungu, Alawa and Kija woman Natasha McCormack has been appointed as a member of the National Aged Care Advisory Council for a two-year term until December 2027 to replace Professor Jody Currie.
The government has appointed nine new members to the Aged Care Council of Elders: Marilyn Beaumont, Fred (Federico) Marrone, Warren Martens, Ann Robinson, Bruce Nelson, Pam Hegarty, Robyn Abrahams, Dr Barbara Buzzard and Roberta Kidd.
The new appointees join returning members: Chair Anne Burgess, Dr Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, Associate Professor John Cullen, William Hodges and Russell Westacott.
Kurt Fearnley (left) has been reappointed as chair of the NDIA Board. Andrew Orme has been appointed as secretary of the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Photos: NDIA & TPB.
States and territories
Former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Glyn Davis has been appointed as interim vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne following the death of Emma Johnston.
The NSW Government has appointed Multicultural NSW CEO Joseph La Posta and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Michele Goldman as Co-Coordinators General to lead ongoing community support and ensure people continue to receive coordinated assistance in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.
The South Australian Government has appointed a new board to lead the Adelaide Festival Corporation following the resignation of the previous board over the decision to uninvite Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Adelaide Writers’ Week and the subsequent cancellation of the event.
The new board will be led by Judy Potter, who had previously headed it from 2016 to 2023. She will be joined by Rob Brookman, Jane Doyle and John Irving, while former member Mary Couros will remain on the board until early February.
