List of commissioners of the Australian Public Service

The Australian Public Service Commissioner is an official appointed by the Australian Government to take a leading role ensuring the Australian Public Service has adequate organisational and workforce capability.^[1] Until 1987 the Australian Public Service Commission was called the Public Service Board.

List of commissioners

Inaugural Public Service Commissioner

• Duncan McLachlan (1902–1916)^[2][3][4]

Original appointments to the Public Service Board (1923)

• William Skewes (1923–1931)^[5]
• John Patrick McGlinn (1923–1930)
• Brudenell White (1923–1928)

Commissioners on the Public Service Board

• John McLaren (1928)^[6][7]
• William Clemens (1929–1931)

Sole Public Service Commissioners

• William Clemens (1931–1937)^[8]
• Frank Thorpe (1937–1947)^[9]

Chairmen of the Public Service Board

• William Dunk (1947–1960)^[10]
• Frederick Wheeler (1961–1971)
• Alan Cooley (1971–1977)
• Mick Shann (1977–1978
• William Cole (1978–1983)
• Peter Wilenski (1983–1987)^[11]

Australian Public Service Commissioners

• John Enfield (1987–1990)
• Dennis Ives (1990–1995)
• Peter Shergold (1995–1998)
• Helen Williams (1998–2002)
• Andrew Podger (2002–2004)
• Lynelle Briggs (2004–2009)
• Steve Sedgwick (2009–2014)
• John Lloyd (2014–2018)^[12]
• Peter Woolcott (2018–2023)
• Gordon de Brouwer (2023–)