Keith Hamburger

Keith Hamburger "was a career public servant in Queensland where he held a variety of senior executive positions, Including Chief Public Service Inspector, Deputy Director General, Department of Welfare Services, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Department of Harbours and Marine, Assistant Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Department of the Public Service Board and Director General of Corrective Services. "During his public sector career Keith trained and worked as a change management consultant on significant organisational development projects in a variety of public sector agencies.

"Since 1997 Keith, in his consulting practice, has undertaken a number of significant reviews relating to efficiency, effectiveness, governance and organisational development in government agencies.

"Keith has expertise in the area of corporate governance, in particular in the area of policy development in government and its effective translation to operational outcomes by the bureaucracy.

"Keith, as Director-General of Corrective Services (1988 to 1997), led a major successful reform of the Queensland Prison System. This success was demonstrated by Commonwealth Industry Commission reports showing Queensland to have, at the conclusion of Keith’s stewardship, the most cost-effective system of Corrections in Australia, including the lowest return to prison rate."


 * Managing Director, Knowledge Consulting