Adrian Beresford-Wylie to join ALGA as Chief Executive
17 March 2006
A senior Commonwealth public servant with an exceptional knowledge of federal-local government relations, Mr Adrian Beresford-Wylie, has been appointed as the Chief Executive of the Australian Local Government Association. He takes up the post with Australia’s peak local government organisation on May 1.
Announcing the appointment today, ALGA President, Cr Paul Bell, said that Mr Beresford-Wylie would bring with him a wealth of experience, combining policy, administrative and economic skills.
"We look forward to working with Adrian to build our existing partnerships with the Australian Government and to develop and progress our case for reform of federal-local government financial relations," Cr Bell said.
"ALGA has an exceptionally busy period ahead as we prepare our case for improved financial assistance for local government ahead of the 2007 federal election.
"As a member of the Council of Australian Governments and thirteen other ministerial councils, ALGA is also working closely with federal and state governments on a range of key agendas of national significance, embracing issues as diverse as transport, the environment, ageing, demographic change and regional development," Cr Bell said.
Mr Beresford-Wylie is currently the General Manager of the Local Government and Natural Disaster Relief Branch in the Federal Department of Transport and Regional Services, a position he has held since September 2002.
He will leave this position following the meeting of the Local Government and Planning Ministers Council on April 12.
Prior to taking up his current position he spent nearly three years as Director, Safety Research and Education with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. In 1998-99 Mr Beresford-Wylie was an adviser on maritime and land transport issues to the Hon John Anderson MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services.
Prior to joining Mr Anderson’s Office, Mr Beresford-Wylie was a senior officer with the Maritime Transport Division of the Department of Transport and Regional Services. During a four-year period with the Maritime Transport Division, Mr Beresford-Wylie headed areas responsible for coastal shipping and shipping reform, international maritime issues and liaison with ANL Ltd, the former Federal Government-owned shipping line.
In 1995 Mr Beresford-Wylie was seconded to the Asset Sales Task Force of the Department of Finance to assist with the sale of ANL Ltd. He has been a member of Australian delegations to the OECD’s Maritime Transport Committee and the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee.
Mr Beresford-Wylie has tertiary qualifications in law and economics from the Australian National University and the College of Law in Sydney.
He began his public service career in 1984 as a Foreign Affairs Officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs. After six years with that Department, including a posting to New Zealand, he worked as a banking and finance solicitor with a large Sydney law firm before returning to the Australian Public Service in 1990 as senior finance officer with the Department of Finance. Between 1991 and 1994 Mr Beresford-Wylie worked with Telecom Australia as a corporate account executive.
ALGA last month farewelled Mr Ian Chalmers, who had served ALGA as Chief Executive for the past five years.
"Ian presided over a period of considerable progress for ALGA and we thank him for his energy, enthusiasm and results," Cr Bell said.
- Contact
- Cr Paul Bell AM, ALGA President - 0418 791 596
- Rohan Greenland, ALGA Public Affairs - 0412 85 9434 / 02 6122 9434
