Mike Codd
Australian public servant (born 1939)
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Michael Henry Codd AC (born 1939) is a retired Australian senior public servant and university chancellor.
1939 (age 86–87)
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 (age 86–87) |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide (BEc (Hons)) |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Early life
Mike Codd was born in 1939.[1] He attended University of Adelaide, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor of Economics with honours.[2]
Career
Codd 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
In 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]