Peter Graves

Peter Graves had an extensive APS career with over thirty years experience at the executive levels in the Departments of Customs, Industry and Health, which were combined with policy contributions at the Finance Department and Public Service Commission. His background has included developing a risk-management strategy for excise revenue collection, completing APS policies on contracting out and staff competencies, with a major contribution to one Department’s program evaluation guidelines.

He has been a member of the Institution of Public Administration Australia since 1993, where he helped assess and judge the qualities of Departmental Annual Reports. He has also been a member of the Australian Evaluation Society since 2007 and assisted in writing the Society’s submissions to the 2017 Review of the Implementation of the PGPA Act and the 2019 Review of the APS. He has a Master’s degree in public health and has completed researching whether change management theory can explain the challenge of achieving enduring APS management reform.