Life and career
Steve Sedgwick was born on 8 February 1950. [1]
In 1985,Sedgwick was appointed as a senior economic advisor to Prime Minister Bob Hawke. [1] In September 1988,Sedgwick resigned from the role and took up a position as a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Finance. [1]
He was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Finance in February 1992, [2] after having acted in the role since January 1992. [3] In 1997,he moved from the finance department to the secretary heading the Department of Employment,Education,Training and Youth Affairs (later Department of Education,Training and Youth Affairs and then Department of Education,Science and Training). [1] [4] [5]
Between 2002 and 2007,Sedgwick was a Director,nominated by the Australian Government,on the board of directors of the Asian Development Bank based in Manila. [6]
In December 2009,on the recommendation of the Rudd Government,Sedgwick was appointed Australian Public Service Commissioner. [7] He finished his term on 13 December 2014. [8]
Sedgwick is a member of the Jawun board. [8] [9]
In April 2016 Sedgwick was commissioned to conduct a review into bankers' pay and commissions; [10] and recommended the termination of bonus payments to retail bank employees that are linked to sales performance. [11] [12]
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