Career
Codd was appointed to his first Secretary role in 1981,becoming head of the Department of Industrial Relations. [3]
Between 1985 and 1986 Codd served as Secretary of the Department of Community Services. [4] [5]
In 1986 he was appointed Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary. [6] In 1987 he worked with Prime Minister Bob Hawke to introduce massive reform changes to the public service,creating "super ministry" departments. [7] Codd did note potential disadvantages of the machinery of government changes,including that there was potential for "bunker mentality" to continue. [8]
Codd retired from the public service in December 1991, [9] his appointment was terminated by an Executive Council meeting on 27 December that year. [10]
After his retirement from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,Codd joined consultancy firm Coopers and Lybrand. [11] He was also appointed to the board of Qantas in 1992,prior to the airline's privatization,and served 16 years retiring in 2008. [12] Between 1997 and 2009 he was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong (UOW),retiring in September 2009. [13]
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