Interview: Karen Oborn, Chief Executive Officer, Shire of Carnamah

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…

Interview: Elizabeth Tydd, NSW Information Commissioner / IPC CEO / NSW Open Data Advocate

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…

Interview: Isabella Wallington, Manager Innovation Business Development & Innovation, NSW Department of Primary Industries

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 …

Interview: Justin Lokhorst, Director - Construction Statistics Industry Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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…

Interview: Greg Nettleton, CFS Chief Officer, South Australian Country Fire Service

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…

Interview: Stephanie Foster, Deputy Secretary - Governance Group, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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…

Interview: Warren Gearey, Continuous Improvement Specialist Business Systems & Solutions, City of Salisbury

Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? My career started in the mid 80's at Fujistu Microelectronics in Manchester (UK) as a microelectronics technician. After further  study I was promoted into an Engineer role. In the mid 90's I moved to A…

Interview: Dr Marija Maher, Chief Operating Officer, Victorian Ombudsman

Tell us about the journey to your current role and what it this role entails? I started my career in the market and social research sector where I was responsible for training of all new field staff and the delivery of multiple research projects across different time zones. After…