The Secretary and Chief Executive of the Federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has been announced as the new Director-General of the NSW Department of Trade and Investment following his transition from Commonwealth to State governments.

 

Mr Paterson has been Secretary of  DIISR since 2007, and was previously Secretary of the federalDepartment of Industry, Tourism and Resources. He was appointed to the board of CSIRO in February, and has previously served on the boards of Austrade, the Australian Tourism Commission and the Australian Export Finance and Insurance Corporation.  He will take up his new position in a few weeks.

 

The former Director-General of Industry and Investment, Richard Sheldrake, is expected to be appointed Director-General of the Department of Primary Industries.