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Office of the Public Guardian United Kingdom 2019 An ageing population and a changing social, cultural and technological world bring opportunities and challenges for the economy, our services and society. Fewer people are living in traditional family units, while the rate of demen…
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Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? This journey has been a long one. I started work at 17 as a bank teller. Then I had a few roles as basically an assistant accountant. As I didn’t have the formal qualification, I wasn’t able to be emplo…
Tell us about the journey to your current role and what this role entails? As Information Commissioner and CEO of the IPC I have a broad and interesting regulatory responsibility covering over 220 entities across five different sectors. Each of these sectors has a unique differ…
Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? I’m currently managing an Innovation program at Department of Primary Industries based in Orange. My journey to this role is an interesting one. I’m actually an anthropologist by degree and began my …
Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? I have been with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for almost 20 years and spent the first half of my career here as a statistical methodologist. As I made my way up the "public service l…
Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? My current role is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Officer for the South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS). My fire service journey started way back in 1973 when I joined a Victorian Country Fi…
Tell us about the journey to your current role and what this role entails? When I started with the public service in a small intelligence agency 32 years ago, as an Arts (Honours) graduate majoring in English literature and German philosophy, I didn't have a well-formed caree…
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