List of commissioners of the Australian Public Service

The Australian Public Service Commissioner is an official appointed by the Australian Government to take a leading role ensuring the Australian Public Service has adequate organisational and workforce capability. Until 1987 the Australian Public Service Commission was called the Public Service Board.

Inaugural Public Service Commissioner

 * Duncan McLachlan (1902–1916)

Original appointments to the Public Service Board (1923)

 * William Skewes (1923–1931)
 * John Patrick McGlinn (1923–1930)
 * Brudenell White (1923–1928)

Commissioners on the Public Service Board

 * John McLaren (1928)
 * William Clemens (1929–1931)

Sole Public Service Commissioners

 * William Clemens (1931–1937)
 * Frank Thorpe (1937–1947)

Chairmen of the Public Service Board

 * William Dunk (1947–1960)
 * Frederick Wheeler (1961–1971)
 * Alan Cooley (1971–1977)
 * Mick Shann (1977–1978
 * William Cole (1978–1983)
 * Peter Wilenski (1983–1987)

Australian Public Service Commissioners

 * John Enfield (1987–1990)
 * Dennis Ives (1990–1995)
 * Peter Shergold (1995–1998)
 * Helen Williams (1998–2002)
 * Andrew Podger (2002–2004)
 * Lynelle Briggs (2004–2009)
 * Steve Sedgwick (2009–2014)
 * John Lloyd (2014–2018)
 * Peter Woolcott (2018–2023)
 * Gordon de Brouwer (2023–)