Organisation structure
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) is an administratively autonomous agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio.
Final responsibility for the operation and performance of AusAID rests with the Director General who reports directly to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on all aspects of aid policy and operations.
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Director General—Peter Baxter
Office of the Director General
Senior Executive Officer—Skye Rogers
Office of Development Effectiveness
Assistant Director General—Dereck Rooken-Smith
Chief Auditor
Assistant Director General—Simon Kidman
Asia Pacific and Program Enabling Group
Deputy Director General—James Batley
Pacific Division (PD)
First Assistant Director General—James Gilling
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Branch
Assistant Director General—Octavia Borthwick
Pacific Bilateral Branch
Assistant Director General—Sue Connell
Pacific Quality and Effectiveness Branch
Assistant Director General—Bill Costello
Minister-Counsellor, Port Moresby—Stephanie Copus-Campbell
Minister-Counsellor, Suva—John Davidson
Minister-Counsellor, Honiara—Jane Lake
Other posts—Port Vila, Apia, Nuku'alofa, Nauru, Tarawa, Port of Spain
Asia Division
First Assistant Director General—Richard Moore
North and South Asia Branch
Assistant Director General—Paul Nichols
Mekong, Philippines, Burma and Regional Branch
Assistant Director General—Chris Elstoft
Indonesia and East Timor Branch
Assistant Director General—Rod Brazier
Gender Section—Melissa Stutsel
Minister-Counsellor, Jakarta—Jacqui de Lacy
Minister-Counsellor, Hanoi—Michael Wilson
Minister-Counsellor, Dili—Michael Wilson
Minister-Counsellor, Manila—Titon Mitra
Other posts—Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Rangoon, Colombo, Dhaka, Delhi, Beijing, Kathmandu
Program Effectiveness and Performance Division
First Assistant Director General—Laurie Dunn
Program Strategy and Design Branch
Assistant Director General—Angela Corcoran
Agreements and Value for Money
Assistant Director General—MaryEllen Miller
Quality and Performance Systems Branch
Assistant Director General—Vacant
Sectoral Policy Division
First Assistant Director General—Murray Proctor
Health, Education and Scholarships Branch
Assistant Director General—Jenny Da Rin
Economics, Rural Development, Infrastructure and Research Branch
Assistant Director General—Bob Quiggin (A/g)
Governance and Social Development Branch
Assistant Director General—Layton Pike
SES level advisors
Chief Economist—Vacant
Principal Adviser Education—Vacant
Principal Adviser Infrastructure—Vacant
Principal Adviser Gender—Gillian Brown
Principal Adviser Health—Benedict David
Principal Adviser Rural Development—Alwyn Chilver
Corporate, Humanitarian and International Group
Deputy Director General—Ewen McDonald
Africa, West Asia, Middle East and Humanitarian Division
First Assistant Director General—Catherine Walker
Africa and Middle East Branch
Assistant Director General—Lisa Rauter
Pakistan and Afghanistan Branch
Assistant Director General—Michaela Browning
Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Branch
Assistant Director General—Alan March
Minister-Counsellor, Pretoria—Jamie Isbister
Minister-Counsellor, Kabul—Stuart Schaefer
Other posts—Nairobi, Harare, Accra, Addis Ababa, Islamabad, Tarin Kowt, Ramallah, Baghdad, Geneva, Rome, Kandahar
International Programs and Partnerships Division
First Assistant Director General—Robin Davies
Multilateral Policy and Partnerships Branch
Assistant Director General—Paul Wojciechowski
Community Partnerships and Latin America Branch
Assistant Director General—Therese Mills
UN, Climate Change and Environment Branch
Assistant Director General—Jean-Bernard Carrasco
Australian Civilian Corp
Assistant Director General—Cheryl Johnson
Posts—New York, Paris, Santiago
Corporate Enabling Division
First Assistant Director General—Blair Exell
Parliamentary, Security and Property Branch
Assistant Director General—Alistair Sherwin
Human Resources Branch
Assistant Director General—Rob Tranter
Communications and Media Branch
Assistant Director General—Lisa Wright
Executive Branch
Assistant Director General—Richard Sisson
Finance and Budget Division
Chief Financial Officer—Paul Wood
Budget Branch
Assistant Director General—Peter Versegi
FInancial Management Branch
Assistant Director General—David Perrott
Information Services Branch
Chief Information Officer—Tim Spackman (A/g)
Last reviewed:
7 November, 2011
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