Glyn Davis | |
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Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | |
Assumed office 6 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Phil Gaetjens |
Chief Executive Officer of the Ramsay Foundation | |
In office 5 December 2018 –6 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne | |
In office 10 January 2005 –30 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Kwong Lee Dow |
Succeeded by | Duncan Maskell |
Vice-Chancellor of Griffith University | |
In office January 2002 –31 December 2004 | |
Preceded by | Roy Webb |
Succeeded by | Ian O'Connor |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney,New South Wales,Australia | 25 July 1959
Spouse | Margaret Gardner |
Alma mater | The Australian National University (PhD) University of New South Wales (BA (Hons)) |
Glyn Conrad Davis, AC , FASSA (born 25 July 1959) is an Australian academic and public servant,who serves as the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. He was appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on 30 May 2022,and commenced on 6 June 2022. [1] [2] [3]
From January 2005 until September 2018,he served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He was previously a Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy.
Davis was educated at Marist Brothers College,Kogarah. He later studied political science at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University where he completed a doctoral thesis on the political independence of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,before undertaking post-doctoral appointments as a Harkness Fellow at the University of California,Berkeley,the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Davis is married to Margaret Gardner,the 30th Governor of Victoria and former Vice-Chancellor of Monash University. [4] When Davis was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne,he and his spouse were described by The Guardian as "Melbourne's top academic couple". [5]
For nearly 14 years Davis served as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Melbourne and as Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts. [6] He publishes on public policy.
Davis began his academic career at Griffith University. He commenced as a lecturer in public policy in 1985 and was appointed as a professor in 1998.
Davis served simultaneously as an academic while appointed to various roles in government. He served as Commissioner for Public Sector Equity with the Public Sector Management Commission from 1990 to 1993,and as Director-General of the Office of the Cabinet from 1995 to 1996 under Queensland Premier Wayne Goss. [7] He also served as Director-General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet to Peter Beattie,from 1998 to 2002.
Davis became vice-chancellor and president of Griffith University in 2002.
In January 2005 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne and led the introduction of the university's "Melbourne Curriculum" academic structure. While at the university of Melbourne he was paid a salary of $1.6m AUD annually. [8]
In June 2022,Davis became the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. [1] [2] [3]
In 2008,Davis co-chaired the Australia 2020 Summit and,in the same year,served as a member of the Innovation Taskforce,an expert group commissioned to review Australia's research and innovation systems.
His career memberships include;the chair of Universitas 21,the Association of Pacific Rim Universities steering committee,the Hong Kong Grants Commission,and a director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London.
He is a patron of Australia 21, [Note 1] former president of the Group of Eight,and founding chairman of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.
He presented the ABC's 51st Boyer Lectures series,speaking on higher education in Australia. [9]
In October 2018,Davis joined the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University as a distinguished professor. He is also a visiting professor at the Policy Institute,King's College London,visiting professor in the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford,and in 2018 was elected a visiting fellow at Exeter College Oxford. Davis is also an honorary professor of public policy at Manchester University.
In December 2018,Davis became the CEO of the Paul Ramsay Foundation. [10]
Davis is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia [11] and the Institute of Public Administration Australia,received the Centenary Medal "in recognition of contribution to public service". [12]
On 26 January 2002,Davis was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for his "service to public administration,particularly as an advocate for good governance,constitutional reform and the creation of infrastructure to enable the development of a "knowledge-based" nation,to tertiary education in the field of political science,and to the community." [13]
He holds honorary doctorates from Griffith University and the University of New South Wales. There are buildings named after him on the campus of Griffith University at Nathan,and the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne Parkville.
Davis has written widely on policy and governance. His most recent publications are:
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