Organisational structure

Our structure is designed to ensure that we are delivering the Government's key priorities.

Our structure is current as at 3 November 2025.

You can download our organisation chart or view it below.

Chief Executive Officer

David Hazlehurst is the Chief Executive Officer.

Chief of Staff

Dale Dawson is the Chief of Staff.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Strategy and Performance

Jason Lucchese is the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Chief Data Officer, Data and Analytics

Tenille Collins is the Chief Data Officer responsible for:

  • Heather Ralph – National Manager, Data Strategy and Governance
  • Mark Morrison – National Manager, Data Analytics Innovation
  • Michelle Saunders (acting) – National Manager, Business Intelligence and Performance
  • Michelle Guerin – National Manager, Data Engineering.

Agency Spokesperson

Hank Jongen is the Agency Spokesperson.

General Manager, Communications

Bevan Hannan is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Daniel Hodgson – National Manager, Corporate Communications
  • Cindy-Lee Goodwin (acting) – National Manager, Marketing Communications
  • Hannah Passfield – National Manager, Media
  • Scott Anderson – National Manager, Digital Communications.

General Manager, Enterprise Strategy and Governance

Pauline O’Neill is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Simon Heath – National Manager, Enterprise Strategy
  • Brian Birt (acting) – National Manager, Performance Priorities and Reporting
  • Susanne Lander – National Manager, Ministerial and Parliamentary Services
  • Liz Stensholt (acting) – National Manager, Governance.

General Manager, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office

Kylie Whiu is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Karen Ploesser – National Manager, Portfolio Management and Analysis
  • Andrew Woolf – National Manager, Portfolio Support and Assurance.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Service Delivery Excellence

Jonathon Thorpe is the Chief Customer Officer.

General Manager, Telecommunications Modernisation, Automation and Architecture

Lisa Keeling is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Richard Sherriff (acting) – National Manager, Automation and Artificial Intelligence
  • Laure Yassine (acting) – National Manager, Business and Customer Architecture
  • Lisa Kearney – National Manager, Customer Contact Management Project
  • Vanessa Roarty – National Manager, Government Service Delivery Legislation Taskforce.

General Manager, Service Design and Face to Face Transformation

Bianca Ruut is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Hannah Iacono – National Manager, Face to Face Service Transformation
  • Belinda Gloyne – National Manager, Face to Face Property Transformation
  • Jennifer McNeill – National Manager, Service Design and Innovation.

General Manager, Service Delivery Optimisation

Brenton Halliday is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Julie Ballard – National Manager, Business Process and Design
  • Chris Sexton (acting) – National Manager, Digital Messaging, Analytics and Quality
  • Katrina Zander – National Manager, Service Delivery Learning.

General Manager, Customer and Staff Digital Programs

Jordan Hatch is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Aaron Wilkins – National Manager, Digital Delivery
  • Lisa Jansen – National Manager, Digital Product Design
  • Damian Tobin – National Manager, Enterprise Innovation
  • Ben Morris – National Manager, Staff Systems and Improvements Program.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Program Design

Stuart Turnbull is the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

General Manager, Medical Benefits and Veterans

Tony Piazza is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Melissa Haines – National Manager, Medicare
  • Moira Campbell – National Manager, Provider
  • John Kalokerinos – National Manager, Partnerships and Assurance
  • Katrina Gerholt – National Manager, Veterans.

General Manager, Capability and Partnered Programs

Charmaine Smith is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Monique Warren (acting) – National Manager, Digital Health
  • Rachel Macaulay (acting) – National Manager, Pharmaceutical Benefits
  • Sylvia Neves (acting) – National Manager, Partnered Programs and Design
  • Ryan Thompson – National Manager, Transactional Payment Capability.

General Manager, Care and Support

Monita Lal is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Jo Hase – National Manager, Seniors and Ageing
  • Kathy Volkert – National Manager, Aged Care Projects
  • Javier Ribalta – National Manager, Disability and Carers
  • Peta Martyn – National Manager, Social Security Cross Programs.

General Manager, Communities

Cathy Toze is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Ben Gallie – National Manager, Customer Financial Capability
  • Anita-Lee Summers – National Manager, Indigenous and Remote Programs
  • Lauren Callinan – National Manager, Tailored Programs
  • Kenneth Walker – National Manager, Emergency Response
  • John Dunne (acting) – National Manager, Centrepay MDT.

General Manager, Families and Participation

Leigh Allison is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Cedric Ingra – National Manager, Student, Parenting and Concessions Programs
  • Tina Anderson – National Manager, Jobseeker and Participation Programs
  • Matt McNeil (acting) – National Manager, Families and Childcare
  • Carol Cao – National Manager, Child Support Program.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Product Management and Organisational Reform

Kirsty Faichney is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

  • Jessica Gear – National Manager, Product Management

Chief Information and Digital Officer, Technology and Digital Programs

Charles McHardie is the Chief Information and Digital Officer.

General Manager, Cyber Security

Garrett McDonald is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Jagdish Mehra – National Manager, Cyber Strategy, Governance and Engagement
  • Zaid Ahmad – National Manager, Cyber Operations
  • Peter Foley – National Manager, Cyber Engineering, Assurance and Awareness.

General Manager, Architecture Review Taskforce

Derek Byrnes is the General Manager.

General Manager, Infrastructure and Operations

Vajira Samaranayake is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Praphul Palekar – National Manager, Service Operations and Management
  • Christopher Wright – National Manager, Core Infrastructure
  • Abhi Kashyap –National Manager, End User Computing
  • Daryl Ornsby (acting) –National Manager, Application Infrastructure
  • Anthony Barac – National Manager, Telecommunications and Network Engineering.

General Manager, Staff Processing and Enterprise Systems

Bob Lyons is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Josh Bosschieter – National Manager, Care Provider Systems
  • Annette Hayes – National Manager, Staff Enabling Systems
  • Narelle Lovett – National Manager, Child Care, Corporate and Payment Systems.

Chief Technology Officer

Claire Roennfeldt is the Chief Technology Officer responsible for:

  • Darren Vrettas – National Manager, Enterprise Architectureand Cloud Engineering
  • Stacey Whiting – National Manager, Technology Business Management
  • Sherree Thorne – National Manager, Technology Workforce Capability and Engagement
  • Vandana Singh – National Manager, Technology and Digital Assurance.

General Manager, Data Online Systems and Shared Services

Megan Bunfield is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Joanna Zhu –National Manager, myGov and Centrelink Online Systems
  • Pari Gandhi –National Manager, Prototyping Identity and Cognitive Services
  • Christopher Jasson – National Manager, Data and Automation Engineering
  • Penny Limnios – National Manager, DVA ICT Systems
  • Matthew Walker – National Manager, DSS ICT Systems.

General Manager, Core Systems

Cristie Romero-Ferre is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Andrew McNicol (acting) – National Manager, Health Claims and Payments
  • Quyen Hoang –National Manager, Social Security and Payment Systems
  • Nicole Rudland – National Manager, Health Directories and Registries
  • Sharon McCarter – National Manager, Child Support, Families and Debt Systems.

Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Enabling

Randall Brugeaud is the Chief Operating Officer.

General Manager, Corporate and Cross Government Services

Teresa Blair is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Stuart Brazendale– National Manager, Propertyand Corporate Support
  • Sally Bond – National Manager, Audit
  • Melinda Gabriel– National Manager, Payroll and Corporate Operations
  • Susan Goldsmid– National Manager, Security
  • Andrea Jones – National Manager, Cross Government Services.

Chief Financial Officer

Angela Diamond is the Chief Financial Officer responsible for:

  • Doug Rutherford–National Manager, Budget and Financial Management
  • Adrian Bernroider –National Manager, Financial Accounting
  • Mark Perry (acting)– National Manager, Financial Systems and Operations
  • Michelle Robinson–National Manager, Group Financial Management
  • Chris Flinders –National Manager, Procurement
  • Kim Laybutt – National Manager, Technology Sourcing.

Chief Counsel, Legal Services - Corporate

David Cooke is the Chief Counsel responsible for:

  • Debbie Hayer (acting) – National Manager, Privacy and Personal Information Release
  • Nicole Baker (acting) – General Counsel, Corporate Services Legal
  • Lisa O’Donnell – General Counsel, FOI and Reviews.

Chief Counsel, Legal Services - Customer

Cody Smith is the Chief Counsel responsible for:

  • Matthew Simpson (acting) – General Counsel, Program Advisory Legal
  • Donna Smith (acting) – General Counsel, Litigation
  • Anna MacFarlane – General Counsel, Digital and Privacy Legal.

General Manager, Workforce Capability

Danielle Regeling is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Michelle Kinmonth – National Manager, Workforce Optimisation
  • Goran Stojanovski – National Manager, Recruitment and Onboarding
  • Jacqui Houghton – National Manager, Learning and Development
  • Jade Cordell – National Manager, Workforce Strategy and Planning.
  • Julia Taylor – National Manager, Continuous Improvement and Efficiency.

General Manager, Wellbeing and HR Support

Sally Martin is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Patrick Geary – National Manager, Health and Safety
  • Amie Davies (acting) – National Manager, Workplace Relations
  • Ben Bolt– National Manager, HR Support.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Payments and Integrity

Chris Birrer is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

General Manager, Legal Compliance and Remediation

Rachael Clarke is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Dan Blackmore – National Manager, Legal Compliance and Remediation Strategy
  • Sam Holcombe – National Manager, Legal Compliance and Remediation Operations.

General Manager, Payment Assurance Program and Appeals

Robert Higgins is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Jason Kallus – National Manager, Integrity Transformation
  • Shaun Thomas – National Manager, Debt and Compensation Program
  • Sheree Harrison – National Manager, Appeals
  • Alissa Berry (acting) – National Manager, Payment Accuracy.

General Manager, Payment Assurance and Recovery Operations

Susan Black is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Rosanna Arena – National Manager, Payment Assurance Operations
  • Sidesh Naikar – National Manager, Debt and Compensation Recovery Operations.

General Manager, Fraud Control and Investigations

Peter Timson is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Barb Smith – National Manager, Fraud Investigation
  • Penny Damianakis – National Manager, Fraud and Identity Assurance
  • Sharna Bartley – National Manager, Intelligence
  • Luke Morrish – Internal Integrity Taskforce.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Customer Service Delivery

Bo Robertson is the acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

General Manager, Operations Management

Symone Andersen is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Inga Petkovich – National Manager, Operational Planning Social Security
  • Sharna Bucher – National Manager, Operational Planning Health, Integrity and Child Support
  • Renee Kennett – National Manager, Operational Response
  • Jodie Watson (acting) – National Manager, Operational Support
  • Mark Cousins – National Manager, Telephony Operations Transition.

General Manager, Smart Centres Operations

Rhona MacPherson is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Liberty Davies – National Manager, Smart Centres VIC Metro
  • Leah Stapleton (acting) – National Manager, Smart Centres NSW Metro and Central
  • Lynda Milde – National Manager, Smart Centres SA and WA
  • Jacelle Howell – National Manager, Smart Centres Regional QLD and NT
  • Liam Barry – National Manager, Smart Centres Regional VIC and TAS
  • Michael Pohl – National Manager, Smart Centres Regional NSW and ACT
  • Shannan Griffiths (acting) – National Manager, Smart Centres East Coast
  • Belinda Willoughby (acting) – National Manager, Smart Centres QLD Metro.

General Manager, Health Service Delivery

Ursula Carolyn is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Lara Baxter – National Manager, Health Zone NSW, ACT and TAS
  • Jenna Barnes – National Manager, Health Zone SA and VIC
  • Denise Craig – National Manager, Health Zone QLD and WA.

General Manager, Face to Face Services

Robert Williams is the General Manager responsible for:

  • Anthony Creek – National Manager, Central and Northern Queensland
  • Simon Noble – National Manager, North West NSW
  • Jarrad Edge – National Manager, Service Zone South and Northern Australia
  • Kerrie Brian – National Manager, South East Victoria
  • Jody Nicholson – National Manager, South West NSW
  • Susan Morrison – National Manager, Southern Queensland
  • Narelle Townsend – National Manager, Sydney Metropolitan
  • James Gargan – National Manager, Tasmania and North West Victoria
  • Steven Farrell – National Manager, Western Australia.

General Manager, Child Support and Tailored Services

Melissa Brotherson-Clarke is the acting General Manager responsible for:

  • Jane Steinkamp – National Manager, Child Support Smart Centres QLD, TAS and VIC
  • Nerissa Doverty – National Manager, Child Support Smart Centres WA, SA, NSW and ACT
  • Alice Chivell – National Manager, Assessment Services
  • Louise Hamilton – National Manager, Multicultural and Tailored Services
  • Niko Milic (acting) – National Manager, Social Work Services.

General Manager, Community Engagement and Servicing Redesign Project

Jodie Robinson is the General Manager.

Page last updated: 3 November 2025.
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