Dr Allan Hawke
Chancellor
The Australian National University
Allan Hawke was
born in Canberra, educated in Queanbeyan and at the Australian National
University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with 1st
Class Honours and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
He joined the Commonwealth
Public Service in 1974 as an Administrative Trainee with the Public
Service Board and retired on 27 February 2006, having participated in
major inquiries into the Public Service including the Review of Commonwealth
Functions, the Review of Commonwealth Administration, the Efficiency
Scrutiny Unit and as Head of the Secretariat for the Review of the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission which produced the associated
Public Discussion Paper.
Dr Hawke was a foundation
member of the Management Improvement Advisory Committee and became its
chairman shortly before taking up the position of Chief of Staff to
Prime Minister Keating in August 1993. Allan also worked in the Department
of Community Services and Health and in various positions in the Department
of Defence, where he was promoted to Deputy Secretary, Strategy and
Intelligence, in 1991. Immediately prior to his appointment as Secretary
to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in April 1994, he had been
a Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Prime Minister Howard appointed Dr Hawke as Secretary to the Department
of Transport and Regional Services on 11 March 1996 and he served a
three year term as Secretary of Defence from 21 October 1999. He completed
his public service to Australia and its national interests as High Commissioner
to New Zealand with accreditation to the Cook Islands and responsibilities
for Niue, the Pitcairn Islands and the Tokelau Islands.
As a Member of the
Management Advisory Board, Dr Hawke oversaw the “Beyond Beancounting
Report” which recommended introduction of accrual based budgeting
into the Australian Public Service. Allan chaired a small group to raise
money for indigenous students to undertake the Australian National Internship
Program in honour of a fellow Administrative Trainee, Ken Wanganeen,
and has also served on the Administrative Review Council, the Australian
Strategic Policy Institute Council, as Chairman of the Board of the
Public Sector Management Course, President of the ACT Branch of the
Institute of Public Administration Australia, Director of the Canberra
Girls Grammar School Board, Chairman of the AICD National Education
Advisory Committee, Deputy Chair of the St John's Redevelopment Board,
member of the ACT Advisory Council of AIM, member of the Foreign Affairs
Council and member of the Defence and National Security Advisory Council.
Allan was appointed
a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration in 1998
and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management in 1999 in recognition
of his outstanding contribution to public service. In 2001 he became
a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. The Australian
Financial Review’s “Boss” Magazine, named him as one
of Australia’s top 30 true leaders in its inaugural list in 2001.
His current appointments
include:
· Chairman, MTAA Superannuation Fund Trustee Board;
· Director, Datacom;
· the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Advisory
Board; and
· the Canberra Raiders Board.
Dr Hawke was appointed
as Chancellor of the ANU on 4 February 2006 for a three year term.
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