Secretary and leadership team

Secretary

Elizabeth Mildwater was appointed Secretary of the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport on 19 October 2022 (formerly the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade), bringing more than 30 years management experience across customer services, legal, company secretarial, compliance, risk, management, human resources and operations. 

She was previously CEO of the Greater Cities Commission and also held senior leadership roles at Transport for NSW, including Deputy Secretary, Greater Sydney, Deputy Secretary of Customer Technology and Services, and Deputy Secretary of People and Corporate Services.

Elizabeth's earlier executive roles include Director of Australian Programs for Save the Children Australia and the Victorian Group General Manager at Transurban.

Elizabeth is passionate about harnessing stakeholder and employee engagement and using new technologies to achieve new levels of service. She serves as a NSW Council member with the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) and was appointed an IPAA National Fellow in October 2022. Elizabeth is also a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport leadership team