Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM

Dr Martin Parkinson has served as Chancellor of Macquarie University since October 2019. He previously served as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2016-2019), as Secretary to the Australian Treasury (2011-2014), and as the inaugural Secretary of the Department of Climate Change (2007-2010).

Martin is a non-executive director of Worley, Australian Retirement Trust and O’Connell Street Associates, and co-chair of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. He is a member of the Champions of Change Coalition, the B-Team Australasia, senior adviser to the Climate Leaders Coalition, and on the advisory boards of Thrive Refugee Enterprises, the Asia Society Australia, and Bain & Company.

Martin has previously served as chair of World View Indo-Pacific, a director of Orica, North Queensland Airports, the NSW Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board, the Northern Territory Economic Reconstruction Commission, the Cranlana Program for Ethical Leadership, and the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He has been a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia; Chair of the Australian Office of Financial Management; Chair of the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation; a member of the boards of Infrastructure Australia, the Council of Financial Regulators, the Board of Taxation; and on the staff of the IMF.

Martin chaired the 2023 independent Review of the Migration System and conducted the 2026 independent post-election review of the Parliamentary Budget Office. He has been a member of Prime Minister Abbott’s Business Advisory Council, Prime Minister Gillard’s Australia’s Asian Century Strategic Advisory Board, the Policy Committee of the Grattan Institute, the Australian Federal Police Future Directions Advisory Board and the Fujitsu Australia Advisory Board.

In January 2017 Martin was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia, following his 2008 receipt of the Public Service Medal. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia and of the Institute of Public Administration Australia; a life member of the Australian Business Economists; recipient of the ANZSOG Institute of Governance Public Sector Award for Excellence; and, in 2013, was the Australian National University’s inaugural Alumnus of the Year.

Martin holds a Ph.D and a M.A. from Princeton University, a M.Ec from the Australian National University and a B.Ec (Hons 1) from the University of Adelaide. Martin has been awarded the degrees of Doctor of the University (honoris causa) by the University of Adelaide and Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by ANU.