Key People

The list below groups senior executive staff according to area of responsibility.

Ms Patricia Scott

Secretary of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Tel: 02 6271 1872

• Mr Don Markus

  General Counsel, Legal Group

  Tel: 02 6271 1655

  General Counsel and Head of the Legal Group responsible for legal advice to the Department.

• Mr Simon Ash
  

  Chief Financial Officer, Finance and Budgets (Acting)

  Tel: 02 6271 1438

  Coordination and management of financial and budgetary information and reporting across the Department.

Communications

Includes broadband policy and programs, telecommunications competition, consumer and network operational policy issues, spectrum policy, internet governance, critical infrastructure protection, online security, international telecommunications treaties, postal policy.

Mr Colin Lyons

Deputy Secretary—National Broadband Network Taskforce

Tel: 02 6271 1716

• Mr Simon Bryant

  First Assistant Secretary—Broadband (Acting)

  Tel: 02 6271 1032

  Broadband policy and programs including the Australian Broadband Guarantee and Clever Networks programs.

• Mr Keith Besgrove

  First Assistant Secretary—Telecommunications, Network Regulation and Australia Post

  Tel: 02 6271 1811

  Telecommunications competition, consumer and network operational policy issues, spectrum policy, internet governance, postal policy, international telecommunications treaties, critical infrastructure protection, telecommunications security.

Broadcasting, ICT, Regional Strategy and Corporate

Includes forward strategic analysis, ICT capability development and application, regional communications, media industry issues including content regulation and departmental corporate affairs.

Mr Abul Rizvi

Deputy Secretary—Broadcasting, Regional Strategy, Digital Economy and Corporate

Tel: 02 6271 7022

• Dr Simon Pelling

  First Assistant Secretary—Broadcasting and Content

  Tel: 02 6271 1763

  Broadcasting policies affecting the commercial, national and community sectors and including the conversion to digital services, regulation of media and online content.

• Mr James Cameron

  First Assistant Secretary—Regional Strategy, Digital Economy and Research

  Tel: 02 6271 1593

  Policy and program administration regarding the development of national ICT capability, advanced communications infrastructure and future regional communications trends and economic and statistical modelling and other research.

• Mr Richard Oliver
  

  First Assistant Secretary—Corporate and Business

  Tel: 02 6271 1608

  Coordination of departmental human resources, internal IT facilities, Parliamentary services, premises, corporate governance and communications.

Digital Switchover Taskforce

Overseeing Australia’s transition to digital broadcasting, including revision of the Digital Action Plan.

Mr Andy Townend

Deputy Secretary—Digital Switchover Taskforce

Tel: 02 8023 3701

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