Kathryn Campbell

Kathryn Campbell
CSC
Secretary of the Department of Human Services
Assumed office
7 March 2011
Personal details
Nationality Australian
Occupation Public servant
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Australian Army Reserve
Rank Brigadier
Commands The 5th Brigade
Awards Conspicuous Service Cross

Kathryn Jane Campbell CSC is a senior Australian public servant. She is the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, having joined the department in March 2011.

Life and career

Between 2005 and 2010, Campbell was Deputy Secretary of the Budget and Financial Management Groups in the Department of Finance and Deregulation, and from 2010 to 2011, Campbell was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.[1]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Campbell's appointment as Secretary of the Department of Human Services in late December 2010,[2] responsible for delivering the Australian Government's Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support programs, along with a number of smaller programs.[3]

Awards

Campbell was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in June 2010 for outstanding achievement as the Commanding Officer of the Sydney University Regiment.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kathryn Campbell, Chief Executive Women, archived from the original on 12 March 2015
  2. ↑ Gillard, Julia (21 December 2010). "Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Australian Public Service Commission (2014), Australian Government Leadership Network Annual Conference: Towards Excellence, Building Capacity for Change (PDF), Australian Government, p. 5, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2015
  4. ↑ "Search Australian Honours, Name: CAMPBELL, Kathryn Jane, Award: Conspicuous Service Cross", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 29 July 2015
Government offices
Preceded by
Finn Pratt		 Secretary of the Department of Human Services
2011 – 		Incumbent
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