Michael Henry Codd AC (born 1939) is a retired Australian senior public servant and university chancellor.
Mike Codd | |
|---|---|
| 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 |  Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide (BEc (Hons)) |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Early life
editMike Codd was born in 1939.[1] He attended University of Adelaide, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor of Economics with honours.[2]
Career
editCodd 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 (UOW), retiring in September 2009.[13]
Awards and honours
editIn 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]
In 2009, the University of Wollongong awarded Mike Codd an honorary degree and in 2010 named a building after him on its Innovation Campus in recognition of his eminent service as the university's second Chancellor. His portrait (by Mathew Lynn, 2014) hangs in the Codd building.[citation needed]
Notes
edit- ^ 1989, English, Book edition: Address to Finance Department's seminar / Mike Codd. Codd, Mike, 1939- (1939-), National Library of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014
- ^ Chancellor: Mr Michael H Codd, AC, University of Wollongong, archived from the original on 30 March 2009
- ^ Fraser, Malcolm (15 December 1981). "STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
- ^ Coyle, Kerry (13 March 1985). "Two new department heads named: New Customs Service part of PS changes". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
- ^ CA 4133: Department of Community Services, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014
- ^ Coyle, Kerry (8 February 1986). "Mike Codd to head PM and C". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
- ^ Burgess, Verona (26 January 1991). "PS chief receives top honour". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
[Mike Codd] is the architect of the 1987 "machinery of government" changes that brought massive reform to the public service
- ^ Campbell, Rod (13 November 1987). "Making the public service work: Restructured PS 'more stable'—Framework has avoidable risks". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
- ^ Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "Mike Codd's departure marks the end of an era". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
- ^ Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "New, tiny tourism department". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Former PS head appointed to consultancy firm in ACT". The Canberra Times. 29 November 1993. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ Creedy, Steve (16 October 2008). "Mike Codd leaves Qantas board after 16 years". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ UOW appoints new Chancellor as Mike Codd retires, University of Wollongong, 17 April 2009, archived from the original on 22 April 2012
- ^ Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government
- ^ Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government
References and further reading
edit- d'Alpuget, Blanche (2011), Hawke: The Prime Minister, Melbourne University Press, ISBN 9780522858518 (pages 157, 193–194, 202)