Jim Betts
Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Jim was appointed as Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts in July 2022. He has spent over 35 years working in government agencies in the U.K, Victoria, New South Wales and now the Australian Government.
Prior to becoming Secretary, Jim was a partner at strategy consultancy EY Port Jackson Partners, having previously led the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) as Secretary for two and a half years. During that period, the department undertook transformational reform in areas like land use planning, water, urban design, sustainability, climate change, biodiversity conservation and energy.
Jim is also the official APS CALD Champion.
