Martin Bowles Explained

Martin Bowles
Office1:Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Term Start1:March 2012
Term End1:18 September 2013
Office2:Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Term Start2:18 September 2013
Term End2:13 October 2014
Office3:Secretary of the Department of Health
Term Start3:13 October 2014
Term End3:1 September 2017
Alma Mater:Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education
Griffith University
Birth Name:Martin Gerard Bowles
Birth Place:Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Not for profit Executive

Martin Gerard Bowles is an Australian healthcare executive, and former senior public servant. He is currently the national CEO of Calvary Health Care, and was previously Secretary of the Department of Health (2014–17) and the Department of Immigration (2012–14) in the Australian public service.

Personal life

Bowles resides in Canberra. He is married to Deidre and has two children, Andrew and Morgan.

Education

Bowles has a Bachelor of Business from the Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education and a Graduate Certificate of Public Sector Management from Griffith University. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

Career

Bowles has held a number of public roles across the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. He worked in Health across a number of Area Health Services including his appointment in June 2002 as the Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Area Health Services, and a term as Deputy Director General of Corporate Services at the Department of Education and Training New South Wales.[1]

In 2006, Bowles joined the ranks of the Australian Public Service, Australia's federal civil service, when he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defence.

Following his time at Defence, Bowles was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Safety and Corporate Group at the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, where he had executive oversight of the Corporate Support Division, the Energy and Safety Programs Division and the Renewable and Energy and Efficiency Division.

At the end of 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard appointed Bowles Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship after he had acted in the position since March 2012.[2] Bowles stayed in the role of immigration head as the department transitioned to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

Bowles transferred to head the Department of Health in October 2014.[3] He tendered his resignation from this role as of 1 September 2017,[4] and is currently national CEO for Calvary Health Care.[5]

Awards

Bowles was awarded the Public Service Medal in January 2012 "for outstanding public service in delivering highly the Home Insulation and Green Loans programs." Bowles received an Officer of an Order of Australia in 2019.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Greenwood. Stephen. November 2014. Political capital: Pharmacy: Don't mess With Bowles. The Australian Journal of Pharmacy. en. 95. 1134. 28–29. Informit.
  2. Appointment of Secretaries. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219061003/http://pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au/browse.php?did=18818. Julia. Gillard. Julia Gillard. 28 September 2012.
  3. News: Immigration secretary Martin Bowles to head health department. Jared. Owens. 3 September 2014. The Australian. News Ltd.
  4. Web site: Secretary of the Department of Health. 2017-08-22. Prime Minister of Australia Media. en. 2017-08-22.
  5. News: McIlroy. Tom. Health department boss Martin Bowles leaves public service to join Calvary. 12 November 2017. Canberra Times. 29 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Australian Honours Search Facility . 2019-06-10 . 2024-07-15 . .