Robyn Kruk
Robyn Kruk | |
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Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | |
In office March 2009 – 14 September 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Alma mater | University of New South Wales (BS) |
Occupation | Public servant |
Robyn Kruk AM (/ˈkrʌk/) is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker.
Background and early life
Kruk graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours).[1]
Career
Kruk began her career in the NSW public sector in 1980.[1] In 1994 she was appointed Director-General of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and in 2002 was appointed Director-General of the NSW Department of Health.[2]
At the end of her NSW public sector career she was Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.[3] She left the position in late 2008 and was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (later Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) in early 2009. From September 2010, Kruk was suffering from cancer[4] and had to take extended sick leave from the role, with Paul Grimes acting in her position.[5]
On her return to work in 2011,[4] following successful cancer treatment, Kruk was appointed CEO and Commissioner and set up the National Mental Health Commission.[6][7]
Following her retirement from the Commission, she undertook program reviews and was appointed to a range of non-executive board and statutory positions. Kruk was the Independent Assessor for the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) and led international taskforces assessing sustainable development in China. In 2015, she was appointed chair of the eHealth Implementation Steering Committee, to oversee delivery of an Australia-wide electronic medical record system.[8][9]
She is a Chair Emerita of the US Milbank Memorial Fund (a philanthropic health research organisation) and has been a judge of the Dubai government’s annual public sector excellence awards since 2013.
Kruk is a member of the NSW Planning Assessment Commission, the Chair of the NSW Ambulance Advisory Council, the Deputy Chair of Mental Health Australia, the Chair of the Victorian Expert Advisory Committee on Perpetrator Interventions, the Chair of the Western Australia Partnership Forum reporting to the Premier on improving community services and the Chair of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
Awards
In 2005, Kruk was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to public administration in New South Wales.[10]
References
- ^ a b New South Wales Government Department of Premier and Cabinet Annual Report 2007–08 (PDF), Department of Premier and Cabinet, November 2008, p. 27
- ^ NSW Department of Health Annual Report 2004–05 (PDF), November 2005, p. 5, ISBN 0 7347 3875 7, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2011
- ^ "About us, Defence Abuse Response Taskforce, 6 September 2013, archived from the original on 28 January 2014". PS News (477 ed.). PSNews. 13 October 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b Gillard, Julia (1 June 2011). "Departmental Secretaries" (Press release). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ Keane, Bernard (15 September 2010). "Minimal change in the bureaucracy as the Canberra arrangements are settled". Crikey. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
- ^ Butler, Mark (30 May 2013). "RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.
- ^ Kruk, Robyn, Speaker: Ms Robyn Kruk AM, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Mental Health Commission Our National Investment in Mental Health - transcript, Comcare, archived from the original on 13 February 2014
- ^ Ley, Sussan (9 October 2015). "Developing a 21st century electronic health record system" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Commission for eHealth taking shape". PS News (477 ed.). PSNews. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ Butler, Mark (30 May 2013). "RETIREMENT OF ROBYN KRUK AM" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 January 2014.