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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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The following information is also available on the organisation structure (chart) [PDF 97kb]

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

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

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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