Mike Codd

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Mike Codd
AC
Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
In office
15 December 1981 – 7 May 1982
Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
In office
7 May 1982 – 25 March 1983
Secretary of the Department of Community Services
In office
13 March 1985 – 10 February 1986
Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
In office
10 February 1986 – 27 December 1991
Personal details
Born Michael Henry Codd
1939
Nationality Australia Australian
Alma mater University of Adelaide
Occupation Public servant

Michael Henry "Mike" Codd AC (born 1939) is a retired Australian senior public servant.

Early life

Mike Codd was born in 1939.[1] He attended University of Adelaide, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor of Economics with honours.[2]

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, retiring in September 2009.[13]

Awards and honours

In January 1991, Codd was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in recognition of service as secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.[14] He received a Centenary Medal in 2001.[15]

Notes

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References and further reading

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Government offices
Preceded by
Mick Keogh
 Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
1981 – 1982		 Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Preceded by as Secretary of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
1982 - 1983		 Succeeded by
Michael Keating
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
Preceded by
Tony Ayers (Acting)
 Secretary of the Department of Community Services
1985 – 1986		 Succeeded by
Alan Rose
Preceded by Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
1986 – 1991		 Succeeded by
Michael Keating
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Wollongong
1997 – 2009		 Succeeded by
Jillian Broadbent
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