Finn Pratt, PSM
Secretary
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Finn Pratt was appointed Secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in April 2011.
Finn has a distinguished career and more than 27 years of experience including in developing employment policies and managing labour market services and programs. He played a major role in developing and implementing Job Network and the Working Nation programs.
In 2009, Finn was appointed Secretary of the Department of Human Services. In this role, Finn was responsible for leading the major reform of Australian Government service delivery in order to give Australians better access to social, health and welfare services.
Prior to his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Human Services, Finn was the CEO of Centrelink where he made it a priority to experience first-hand Centrelink’s front line operations.
In 2007, Finn was appointed the Associate Secretary of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). He was responsible for the workplace relations functions of DEEWR, providing policy and legal advice on workplace relations, occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation matters.
Finn was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2008, for driving significant and innovative reforms to public employment services and workplace relations in Australia.