Peter Shergold | |
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![]() Shergold in 2017 | |
Chancellor of Western Sydney University | |
In office 1 January 2011 –31 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | John Phillips |
Succeeded by | Jennifer Westacott |
Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | |
In office 10 February 2003 –28 February 2008 | |
Preceded by | Max Moore-Wilton |
Succeeded by | Terry Moran |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Roger Shergold Crawley New Town,England |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Hull; University of Illinois; London School of Economics |
Occupation | Academic;Public servant;Company director |
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Peter Roger Shergold AC FRSN is an Australian academic,company director,and former public servant. Shergold was the Chancellor of Western Sydney University from 2011 through 2022.
Between February 2003 and February 2008,he was the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,and as such was the most senior official in the Australian Public Service.
Shergold was born in Crawley New Town,England. [4]
He earned a Bachelor of Arts (first-class) in politics and American studies from the University of Hull,and later a Master of Arts degree in American history from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and a PhD from the London School of Economics. After moving to Australia,he became a lecturer in economics at the University of New South Wales in 1972. He was appointed as head of the university's economic history department in 1985. His dissertation in comparative labour history was published as Working-Class Life:The "American Standard" in Comparative Perspective,1899–1913 in 1982.[ citation needed ]
In 1987 he began working for the Australian federal government,firstly as head of the newly established Office of Multicultural Affairs. [5]
Having become deputy secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1990,he was appointed the CEO of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (1991–1994) and Comcare,a federal government workers' compensation authority (1994–1995).[ citation needed ]
From 1995 to 1998,he was the Commissioner of the Australian Public Service. He has also been the Secretary of the Department of Employment,Workplace Relations and Small Business (1998–2001) and the Department of Education,Science and Training (2001–03). In 2003 he was appointed Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.[ citation needed ]
After retiring from the Australian public service in February 2008,Shergold became the first head of The Centre for Social Impact,a joint collaboration between the business schools of the University of New South Wales,Melbourne Business School,Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Western Australia. [6] In that capacity he was a frequent media commentator on the relationship between governments and not-for-profit organisations,new forms of social business and entrepreneurship and corporate responsibility and accountability. He co-hosted 'Social Business' on Sky News Business Channel.[ citation needed ]
From 2006 to 2008,Shergold served as the chairman of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He is currently a non-executive director of financial services company AMP Limited and Australian law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He is chairman of Opal Aged Care,the National Centre for Vocational Education Research and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and serves on the boards of the General Sir John Monash Foundation [7] and the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. He chairs the ethics committee of the Fundraising Institute Australia.[ citation needed ][ when? ]
In 2011 Shergold became the Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney; [1] and was appointed as chairman of the New South Wales Public Service Commission. [8] [9] In August 2018 Shergold was appointment Chair of the Joblife Employment Board. [10] In December 2019 Shergold was appointed chair of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. [11] In December 2022,Shergold retired as Chancellor of Western Sydney University after 12 years in the position. [12]
In 1996,Shergold was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. [13]
In 2007 he was appointed a Companion of the Order,for service to the community as a significant leader of changes and innovation in the public sector,particularly through the development and implementation of a whole-of-government approach to policy development and program delivery. [14]
Shergold was a recipient of the Centenary Medal in 2001. [15]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2016.[ citation needed ]
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