Secretary for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Mr David Borthwick
Mr David Borthwick was appointed Secretary of the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (now the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts) in February 2004.
Prior to being appointed Secretary, David was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from July 2001. Whilst in that role, David was responsible for policy advice on a broad range of matters, including economic, industry, environmental issues and the Cabinet Secretariat and Implementation Unit.
From 1998 to 2001 he was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Aged Care where he oversighted the health side of the department.
From 1993 to 1998 he was a Deputy Secretary in The Treasury being responsible for financial markets, corporate law, structural policy and international economic issues. Prior to that appointment, David successively headed four of Treasury's Divisions: Fiscal Policy; Structural Policy; Economic Policy; and Taxation Policy. He was first appointed to the SES in The Treasury in 1979.
In 1991 David was appointed to serve as Australia's Ambassador to the OECD in Paris.
In 1972 he graduated with First Class Honours in Economics from Monash University in Melbourne.
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