Mike Codd

Mike Codd
Mike Codd; AC
Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations
	In office; 15 December 1981 – 7 May 1982
Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
	In office; 7 May 1982 – 25 March 1983
Secretary of the Department of Community Services
	In office; 13 March 1985 – 10 February 1986
Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
	In office; 10 February 1986 – 27 December 1991
Personal details
Born	Michael Henry Codd; 1939
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Adelaide (BEc (Hons))
Occupation	Public servant

Michael Henry Codd AC (born 1939) is a retired Australian senior public servant.

Early life

Mike Codd was born in 1939.[1] He attended University of Adelaide, graduating in 1961 with a Bachelor of Economics with honours.[2]

Career

Codd was appointed to his first Secretary role in 1981, becoming head of the Department of Industrial Relations.[3]

Between 1985 and 1986 Codd served as Secretary of the Department of Community Services.[4][5]

In 1986 he was appointed Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary.[6] In 1987 he worked with Prime Minister Bob Hawke to introduce massive reform changes to the public service, creating "super ministry" departments.[7] Codd did note potential disadvantages of the machinery of government changes, including that there was potential for "bunker mentality" to continue.[8]

Codd retired from the public service in December 1991,[9] his appointment was terminated by an Executive Council meeting on 27 December that year.[10]

After his retirement from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Codd joined consultancy firm Coopers and Lybrand.[11] He was also appointed to the board of Qantas in 1992, prior to the airline's privatization, and served 16 years retiring in 2008.[12] Between 1997 and 2009 he was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, retiring in September 2009.[13]

Awards and honours

In January 1991, Codd was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in recognition of service as secretary to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.[14] He received a Centenary Medal in 2001.[15]

Notes

1989, English, Book edition: Address to Finance Department's seminar / Mike Codd. Codd, Mike, 1939- (1939-), National Library of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014
Chancellor: Mr Michael H Codd, AC, University of Wollongong, archived from the original on 30 March 2009
Fraser, Malcolm (15 December 1981). "STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
Coyle, Kerry (13 March 1985). "Two new department heads named: New Customs Service part of PS changes". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
CA 4133: Department of Community Services, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014
Coyle, Kerry (8 February 1986). "Mike Codd to head PM and C". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
Burgess, Verona (26 January 1991). "PS chief receives top honour". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. [Mike Codd] is the architect of the 1987 "machinery of government" changes that brought massive reform to the public service
Campbell, Rod (13 November 1987). "Making the public service work: Restructured PS 'more stable'—Framework has avoidable risks". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "Mike Codd's departure marks the end of an era". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "New, tiny tourism department". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
"Former PS head appointed to consultancy firm in ACT". The Canberra Times. 29 November 1993. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
Creedy, Steve (16 October 2008). "Mike Codd leaves Qantas board after 16 years". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
UOW appoints new Chancellor as Mike Codd retires, University of Wollongong, 17 April 2009, archived from the original on 22 April 2012
Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government
Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government

References and further reading

d'Alpuget, Blanche (2011), Hawke: The Prime Minister, Melbourne University Press, ISBN 9780522858518 (pages 157, 193–194, 202)

Government offices
Preceded by Mick Keogh	Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations 1981 – 1982	Succeeded by Himself as Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Preceded by Rae Taylor as Secretary of the Department of Employment and Youth Affairs	Secretary of the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations 1982 - 1983	Succeeded by Michael Keating
Preceded by Himself as Secretary of the Department of Industrial Relations		Succeeded by Michael Keating
Preceded by Tony Ayers (Acting)	Secretary of the Department of Community Services 1985 – 1986	Succeeded by Alan Rose
Preceded by Geoffrey Yeend	Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 1986 – 1991	Succeeded by Michael Keating
Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Marsden Hope	Chancellor of the University of Wollongong 1997 – 2009	Succeeded by Jillian Broadbent

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[1] 1989, English, Book edition: Address to Finance Department's seminar / Mike Codd. Codd, Mike, 1939- (1939-), National Library of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014

[UoWbio-2] Chancellor: Mr Michael H Codd, AC, University of Wollongong, archived from the original on 30 March 2009

[3] Fraser, Malcolm (15 December 1981). "STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.

[4] Coyle, Kerry (13 March 1985). "Two new department heads named: New Customs Service part of PS changes". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.

[NAA_CA_4133-5] CA 4133: Department of Community Services, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2014

[6] Coyle, Kerry (8 February 1986). "Mike Codd to head PM and C". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.

[7] Burgess, Verona (26 January 1991). "PS chief receives top honour". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. [Mike Codd] is the architect of the 1987 "machinery of government" changes that brought massive reform to the public service

[8] Campbell, Rod (13 November 1987). "Making the public service work: Restructured PS 'more stable'—Framework has avoidable risks". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.

[9] Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "Mike Codd's departure marks the end of an era". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.

[10] Waterford, Jack (28 December 1991). "New, tiny tourism department". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.

[11] "Former PS head appointed to consultancy firm in ACT". The Canberra Times. 29 November 1993. p. 21. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.

[12] Creedy, Steve (16 October 2008). "Mike Codd leaves Qantas board after 16 years". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[13] UOW appoints new Chancellor as Mike Codd retires, University of Wollongong, 17 April 2009, archived from the original on 22 April 2012

[14] Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government

[15] Search Australian Honours: CODD, Michael Henry, Australian Government