{"id":288996,"date":"2021-08-27T05:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=21873"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:29:31","slug":"gig-guide-former-top-mandarin-to-lead-charles-sturt-university-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/27\/gig-guide-former-top-mandarin-to-lead-charles-sturt-university-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gig Guide: Former top mandarin to lead Charles Sturt University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Sturt University has announced<\/strong> a former senior mandarin as its next vice-chancellor while Western Australia\u2019s top cop will lead the state\u2019s vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9e Leon, <\/strong>a former secretary of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Employment, will take over as vice-chancellor of Charles Sturt University next week.<\/p>\n

Ms Leon has also led the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety, is a fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, and an adjunct professor at the University of Canberra.<\/p>\n

She was among the five Commonwealth secretaries to lose her job in Coalition Government\u2019s APS restructure in 2019 that saw 18 departments shrink to 14. She worked as a principal at customer service advisory Leon Advisory before being announced as the new CSU vice-chancellor this week by chancellor Dr Michele Allan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has demonstrated her skills in effectively running large and complex organisations with multiple stakeholders and is the right person to lead Charles Sturt University into the next stage of our development,\u201d Dr Allen said.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Charles Sturt University vice-chancellor Ren\u00e9e Leon. Image: CSU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ms Leon said she was excited to join the leading regional university at a time when regions are playing a more important national role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with an academic team who is committed to the development of the University to meet the challenges ahead,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The former mandarin will have fewer job security fears than the current ones, after a warning from Opposition leader Anthony Albanese<\/strong> that the top of the APS would have no guarantee of remaining<\/a> under a Labor government.<\/p>\n

The Western Australia government has appointed its police commissioner to the new role of \u201cVaccine Commander\u201d.<\/p>\n

Chris Dawson<\/strong> will remain the State Emergency Coordinator but step back from his day to day work as police commissioner to lead the rollout until at least the end of the year.<\/p>\n

As Vaccine Commander, Mr Dawson will be responsible for the state’s delivery of the COVID-19 vaccination program, including engaging with Commonwealth, state and non-government sectors.<\/p>\n

“The Police Commissioner has done a tremendous job throughout the pandemic, and I have full confidence he will continue to excel and deliver on this important task ahead, as both the State Emergency Coordinator and Vaccine Commander,” Premier Mark McGowan<\/strong> said this week.<\/p>\n

Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch<\/strong> will be directed by Commissioner Dawson to undertake day-to-day duties of the Police Commissioner for this period.<\/p>\n

Energy Minister Angus Taylor<\/strong> this week announced the reappointment of Ms Leeanne Bond<\/strong> as a non-executive Director of Snowy Hydro Limited (SHL) for a three-year term.<\/p>\n

Ms Bond joined the SHL Board in 2015, serving as a non-executive Director.<\/p>\n

The CSIRO\u2019s newly established Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform has found its first director<\/a> with the appointment of Dr Jim Rabeau<\/strong>. Dr Rabeau is a former Sydney University professor and deputy director of the Sydney Nano Institute for Industry, Innovation and Commercialisation.<\/p>\n

Long time chief executive of the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) Teresa Corbin<\/strong> is leaving the communications consumer advocate for a new role at Telstra.<\/p>\n

Ms Corbin, who led ACCAN for more than a decade and has held senior roles there since 2002, will join the telco giant as its chief advocacy officer. She told CommsDay it was an opportunity to push for change from the inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be building on the work they’re already doing and that\u2019s been done in the past,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really doing much of what I do now, but more focused specifically on Telstra as customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bank of New Zealand chief executive Angela Mentis <\/strong>will move to its Australian parent NAB in a brand new technology leadership role of group chief digital, data and analytics officer.<\/p>\n

From October, Ms Mentis will work across divisions to \u201censure the extensive data collected by NAB is used to create better customer experiences and deeper personalisation\u201d, the bank said in a statement.<\/p>\n

She will report to NAB group chief executive Ross McEwan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Superannuation giant HESTA has appointed former Defence chief information officer Peter Lawrence<\/strong> to lead its technology and digital team<\/p>\n

Mr Lawrence was Defence\u2019s information chief for nearly five years to 2017.<\/p>\n

US Data firm Confluent has announced the appointment of Jill Macmurchy<\/strong> as vice president of solutions engineering for APAC.<\/p>\n

Based in Sydney, she will be responsible for identifying, creating and expanding revenue for Confluent in the APAC region, working alongside vice president of APAC, Damien Wong<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The post Gig Guide: Former top mandarin to lead Charles Sturt University<\/a> appeared first on InnovationAus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on InnovationAus<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Sturt University has announced a former senior mandarin as its next vice-chancellor while Western Australia\u2019s top cop will lead the state\u2019s vaccine rollout. Ren\u00e9e Leon, a former secretary of the Department of Human Services and the Department of Employment, will take over as vice-chancellor of Charles Sturt University next week. Ms Leon has also…<\/p>\n

The post Gig Guide: Former top mandarin to lead Charles Sturt University<\/a> appeared first on InnovationAus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34384,34385,32005,34386,32003],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288997,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288996\/revisions\/288997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}