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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organisation structure (PDF chart).
Director General—Peter Baxter
Office of the Director General
Senior Executive Officer—Lucia Pietropaoli
Executive Unit
Kevin Playford
Audit Branch
Assistant Director General—Simon Kidman
Chief Economist
Michael Carnahan
Economics Branch
Assistant Director General—Nathan Dal Bon
Office of Development Effectiveness
Assistant Director General—Dereck Rooken-Smith
Country Programs Group
Deputy Director General—James Batley
Executive Officer—Ben Davey
Pacific Division
First Assistant Director General—Rob Tranter
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Branch
Assistant Director General—Caitlin Wilson
Pacific Bilateral Branch
Assistant Director General—Sue Connell
Regional Branch
Assistant Director General—Zoe Mander-Jones
Minister, Port Moresby—Stuart Schaefer
Minister-Counsellor, Port Moresby—James Hall
Chief of Operations, Port Moreseby—Michelle Lowe
Minister-Counsellor, Pacific-Suva—John Davidson
Minister-Counsellor, Honiara—Jane Lake
Posts—Port Vila, Apia, Nuku'alofa, Nauru, Tarawa.
East Asia Division
First Assistant Director General—Rod Brazier
Indonesia and Timor-Leste Branch
Assistant Director General—Angela Corcoran
Mekong, Philippines and Myanmar Branch
Assistant Director General—Layton Pike
Asia Strategies and Partnerships Branch
Assistant Director General—Julia Niblett
Minister, Jakarta—Jacqui de Lacy
Minister-Counsellor, Jakarta—Jean-Bernard Carrasco
Chief of Operations, Jakarta—Mat Kimberley
Minister-Counsellor, Mekong and Regional—Michael Wilson
Minister-Counsellor, Dili—Vincent Ashcroft
Minister-Counsellor, Manila—Octavia Borthwick
Posts—Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Yangon, Beijing, Hanoi.
Africa and Community Programs Division
First Assistant Director General—Margaret McKinnon
Africa Branch
Assistant Director General—Lisa Rauter
Australia Awards and Volunteers Branch
Assistant Director General—MaryEllen Miller
NGOs and Business Branch
Assistant Director General—Gary Powell
Minister-Counsellor, Pretoria Hub—Jamie Isbister
Posts—Nairobi, Harare, Accra, Addis Ababa, Pretoria.
Humanitarian and International Group
Deputy Director General—Ewen McDonald
Executive Officer—TBC
South and West Asia Division
First Assistant Director General—Scott Dawson
South Asia Branch
Assistant Director General—Paul Nichols
Afghanistan Branch
A/g Assistant Director General—Mark Tattersall
Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Branch
Assistant Director General—Judith Robinson
Minister-Counsellor, Kabul—Paul Lehmann
Counsellor (Development)—Brek Batley
Counsellor (Development)—Mark Bailey
Posts—Islamabad, Dhaka, Tarin Kowt, Colombo, Delhi, Kathmandu, Lima, Port of Spain, Baghdad, Ramallah, Cairo.
Humanitarian and Stabilisation Division
First Assistant Director General—Catherine Walker
Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Branch
Assistant Director General—Alan March
Fragility and Conflict Branch
Assistant Director General—Ali Gillies
Australian Civilian Corps
Assistant Director General—Bill Costello
Posts—Rome, Geneva.
International Policy and Partnerships Division
First Assistant Director General—Clare Walsh
International and Development Policy Branch
Assistant Director General—Paul Wojciechowski
Multilateral and Donor Partnerships Branch
Assistant Director General—Paul Griffiths
Global Funds and Financing Branch
Assistant Director General—Rod Hilton
Minister-Counsellor, Washington—Chris Tinning
Minister-Counsellor, New York—Peter Versegi
Post—Paris.
Policy and Sector Division
First Assistant Director General—Blair Exell
Education, Disability and Gender Equality Branch
Assistant Director General—Fleur Davies
Acting Principal Sector Specialist Gender Equality—Susan Ferguson
Health, Infrastructure, Water and reSettlement Branch
Assistant Director General—Jenny Da Rin
Principal Sector Specialist, Health—Benedict David
Principal Sector Specialist, Education—Kaye Schofield
Sustainable Economic Development Branch
Assistant Director General—Rebecca Bryant
Principal Sector Specialist, Rural Development—Jim Woodhill
Principal Sector Specialist, Infrastructure—David Hawes
Governance and Social Development Branch
A/g Assistant Director General—Michael Bergmann
Principal Sector Specialist, Governance and Social Development—Graham Teskey
Corporate Group
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director General—Gary Dunn
Executive Officer—Margaret Krauss
Program Effectiveness and Performance Division
First Assistant Director General—Laurie Dunn
Strategy and Portfolio Planning Branch
A/g Assistant Director General—Andrew Egan
Agreements and Value for Money Branch
Assistant Director General—Victoria Bergmann
Risk Management and Fraud Control Branch
Assistant Director General—Alistair Sherwin
Quality, Performance and Results Branch
Assistant Director General—Andrew Collins
Principal Specialist, Peformance Management and Results—Scott Bayley
Business Model Review
First Assistant Director General—Richard Moore
Corporate Enabling Division
A/g First Assistant Director General—Natasha Smith
Workforce Strategy and Security Branch
A/g Assistant Director General—Emily Fisher / Jennifer Noble
Human Resource Services Branch
Assistant Director General—Therese Faulkner
Communications, Ministerial and Transparency Branch
Assistant Director General—Lisa Wright
Business Improvement Taskforce
Assistant Director General—Cheryl Johnson
Strategic Communications Specialist—Kirsty McIvor
Government Finance and Information Services Division
Chief Financial Officer—Paul Wood
Budget Branch
Assistant Director General—Andrew Cumpston
Financial Management and Policy Branch
Assistant Director General—Ian Davies
Information Services Branch
Assistant Director General—Tim Spackman
Whole of Government Branch
Assistant Director General—Elizabeth Wilde