Glenys Beauchamp

Glenys Ann Beauchamp PSM is a senior Australian public servant. She was a departmental secretary between 2010 and 2020, across multiple departments and portfolios.

Glenys Beauchamp

Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
In office
21 December 2010  14 December 2011
Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
In office
14 December 2011  18 September 2013
Secretary of the Department of Industry
In office
18 September 2013  23 December 2014
Secretary of the Department of Industry and Science
In office
23 December 2014  21 September 2015
Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
In office
21 September 2015  17 September 2017
Secretary of the Department of Health
In office
18 September 2017  28 February 2020
Preceded byMartin Bowles
Succeeded byBrendan Murphy
Personal details
Born
Glenys Ann Beauchamp
NationalityAustralian
Alma materAustralian National University
University of Canberra
OccupationPublic servant

Life and career

Beauchamp was awarded a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University in 1977.[1]

Beauchamp began her Australian Public Service career as a Graduate in the Industry Commission,[2] an agency that existed between 1990 and 1998 and was responsible for holding public inquiries and reporting on matters referred by the Government; and reporting annually on the economic performance of industry, and the effects of assistance and regulation on industry and the economy.[3]

Before 2006, Beauchamp held a number of positions in the ACT Public Service, including Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services and Deputy CEO, Department of Health.

Beauchamp rejoined the Australian Public Service in 2002, in the Department of Family and Community Services.[4]

In January 2006, Beauchamp was appointed a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[4]

Between February and August 2009, Beauchamp was responsible for coordinating a whole of government response to the Victorian bushfires, chairing the Commonwealth Victorian Bushfire Inter-Departmental Committee.[5]

In December 2010, then Prime Minister Julia Gillard appointed Beauchamp to the position of Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, after Beauchamp had been acting in the position since the Department was established in September 2010.[6] In February 2011, the Australian Government nominated Beauchamp to the board of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.[7]

In February 2020 before retiring, Beauchamp destroyed her notebooks that contained meeting notes relating to the Sports rorts affair (2020).[8] This action was performed prior to a senate inquiry hearing where she would have been required to provide evidence of the scandal, leaving many Australians baffled.

Awards

Beauchamp was awarded a Public Service Medal in June 2010 for outstanding public service in coordinating the Australian Government's response to the 2009 Victorian bushfires.[9]

References

  1. Glenys Anne Beauchamp PSM, Australian National University, archived from the original on 25 March 2015
  2. Department of Industry and Science, Our Executive, Australian Government, retrieved 25 March 2015
  3. CA 7109: Industry Commission, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 25 March 2015
  4. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2008), "Chapter 3: The portfolio", Annual Report 2007–08, Australian Government, archived from the original on 25 March 2015CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL (PSM) (PDF), Australian Government, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2014
  6. Gillard, Julia (21 December 2010). "Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
  7. Gillard, Julia (7 February 2011). "Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. Remeikis, Amy, Senior public servant tells inquiry she destroyed sports grants meeting notes, The Guardian
  9. "Search Australian Honours: BEAUCHAMP, Glenys Ann, Public Service Medal", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 25 March 2015
Government offices
Preceded by
Mike Mrdak
as Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Preceded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Secretary of the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Mike Mrdak
as Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Preceded by
Don Russell
as Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
Secretary of the Department of Industry
2013–2014
Succeeded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Industry and Science
Succeeded by
Lisa Paul
as Secretary of the Department of Education and Training
Preceded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Industry
Secretary of the Department of Industry and Science
2014–2015
Succeeded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Preceded by
Herself
as Secretary of the Department of Industry and Science
Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
2015–2017
Succeeded by
Heather Smith
Preceded by
Martin Bowles
Secretary of the Department of Health
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Brendan Murphy
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