Drew Clarke

Drew Clarke AO PSM
Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2015
Secretary of the Department of Communications
In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015
Secretary of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
In office 11 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Secretary of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
In office April 2010 – March 2013
Personal details
Born	Andrew Leigh Clarke
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Ohio State University
Occupation	Public servant

Andrew Leigh "Drew" Clarke AO PSM is a senior Australian public servant, and currently the 29th Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull's, Chief of Staff.

Life and career

As a former surveyor who had worked in Australia and Antarctica, Drew joined the Energy area of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources in 2002 and moved to the newly created Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism in December 2007.^[1]

Clarke was promoted to Secretary of the Department in April 2010.^[2]

Clarke was appointed to head the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in February 2013,^[3] an appointment for five years from 11 March 2013.^[4]

Following the elevation of Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the Prime Ministership in the September 2015 Liberal leadership spill, Clarke became Turnbull's acting Chief of Staff.^[5]

Awards

Clarke was awarded a Public Service Medal in June 2009 for outstanding public service in driving significant reform of the energy market.^[6]

References

1. "Departure of the Secretary of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism" (Press release). 11 February 2013.
2. Our Secretary: Drew Clarke, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, 18 January 2011, archived from the original on 14 March 2011
3. Peake, Ross (11 February 2013). "PM's new department head 'an asset'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015.
4. Senior Commonwealth Public Service Appointments (PDF), Hawker Britton, February 2013, archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2014
5. Public servant Drew Clarke replaces Peta Credlin as acting chief of staff, Canberra Times, September 2015
6. "Search Australian Honours, Name: CLARKE, Andrew Leigh, Award: Public Service Medal", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 9 August 2015