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Biographical Details - Roger Wilkins

Secretary – Attorney-General's Department

Mr Roger Wilkins AO is Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department, a position he has held since September 2008.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of the Department, he was Head of Government and Public Sector Group Australia and New Zealand with Citi and was Citi’s global public sector leader on climate change from 2006-2008.

From 1992-2006, Mr Wilkins was the Director-General of The Cabinet Office in New South Wales where he played a leading role in areas of reform in administration and law, corporatisation and micro-economic reform. Other areas included Commonwealth-State relations, negotiation of agreements on competition policy, international treaties, mutual recognition, electricity, the environment, and health reform.

Mr Wilkins has chaired a number of national taskforces and committees dealing with public sector reform, including the Council of Australian Government Committee on Regulatory Reform, the National Health Taskforce on Mental Health and the National Emissions Trading Taskforce. He was New South Wales’ representative on the Senior Officials Committee for the Council of Australian Governments.

Mr Wilkins was responsible for the Greenhouse Office, the introduction of an emissions trading scheme in New South Wales and design of a national emissions trading scheme for Australia as chair of a national taskforce. He has recently led the strategic review of climate change programs for the Commonwealth Government.

He is a member of the Board of the International Forum of Federations and advises different federal systems especially on fiscal issues.

Mr Wilkins was the Director-General of the Ministry of Arts from 2001-2006. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2007 for service to public administration in New South Wales, particularly as a contributor to a range of policy initiatives, and to arts administration.