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Ian Watt AC

Dr Ian J Watt AC has had a long career as one of Australia’s most distinguished public servants, with nearly 20 years at the highest levels of the public service. His most recent and most senior appointment was as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and head of the Australian Public Service, a position he held from 2011 until the end of 2014. Prior to that, he was Secretary of the Departments of Defence; Finance; and Communications, Information Technology and the Arts between 2001 and 2011. Before that, he was Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Dr Watt is Chair of the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships and Chair of the ADC Advisory Council. He is also the recently retired Chair of the Australian Governance and Ethical Index Fund Advisory Board and former Chair of BAE Systems Australia.

He serves on the Boards of Citibank Pty Ltd, Smartgroup Corporation Ltd, the Grattan Institute (University of Melbourne), O’Connell Street Associates Pty Ltd, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, and Enviropacific, and is a Member of the Australian National Maritime Museum Council. Dr Watt is also a Member of the Male Champions of Change, a Member of the Melbourne School of Government Advisory Board at the University of Melbourne, a Fellow of ANZSOG, and Senior Adviser to Flagstaff Partners. He also has an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Wollongong.

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