Nationality Australian Occupation Public servant | Name Martin Bowles | |
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Full Name Martin Gerard Bowles Alma mater Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education
Griffith University Education Griffith University, Central Queensland University | ||
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Martin Gerard Bowles PSM is a senior Australian public servant. He is currently Secretary of the Department of Health, a position to which he was appointed in 2014.
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- Education
- Career
- Awards
- References
Innovation month 2016 conference future frontiers martin bowles introduction
Education
Bowles has a Bachelor of Business from the Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education and a Graduate Certificate of Public Sector Management from Griffith University. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.
Career
Bowles has held various senior corporate services and general management positions across Queensland and New South Wales. He worked in Health across a number of Area Health Services including his appointment in June 2002 as the Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Area Health Services, and a term as Deputy Director General of Corporate Services at the Department of Education and Training New South Wales.
In 2006, Bowles joined the ranks of the Australian Public Service, Australia's federal civil service, when he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defence.
Following his time at Defence, Bowles was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Safety and Corporate Group at the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, where he had executive oversight of the Corporate Support Division, the Energy and Safety Programs Division and the Renewable and Energy and Efficiency Division.
At the end of 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard appointed Bowles Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship after he had acted in the position since March 2012. Bowles stayed in the role of immigration head as the department transitioned to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
Bowles transferred to head the Department of Health in October 2014. He tendered his resignation from this role as of 1 September 2017.
Awards
Bowles was awarded the Public Service Medal in January 2012 "for outstanding public service in delivering highly the Home Insulation and Green Loans programs."