WEN ACT Mentoring Program - FINAL EVENT
Date
From: Tuesday October 22, 2024, 5:30 pm
To: Tuesday October 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
Q&A with Sam Reinhardt, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group at the Commonwealth Treasury
As Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group at the Commonwealth Treasury, Sam provides advice to the Government on the Budget, fiscal strategy, and policy proposals across all portfolios, and manages relations with state and territory treasuries.
Sam has also worked across a range of other areas in the public service, including as the Division Head for Northern Australia and Major Projects at the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, and as the Head of Office at the Productivity Commission. Outside of the public service, Sam has worked in a number of roles, such as at the Cape York Institute, at Papua New Guinea’s Treasury, and as Julia Gillard’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Adviser.
Sam holds a Master of International and Development Economics, as well as a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Political Science, from the Australian National University.
The event will be hosted by Ms Linda McGrath, the Chief People Officer at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
In addition to senior corporate roles in recent years, Linda spent more than 20 years working as a public sector economist. Linda was the First Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer, Fiscal Policy Analysis Division at the Parliamentary Budget Office from mid-2018 and served as the Acting Parliamentary Budget Officer throughout most of 2020. She undertook a 6-month engagement as the interim CEO at the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust in 2021. Prior to joining the PBO, Linda was a senior executive at the Commonwealth Treasury for several years. She has also previously worked as an economic adviser to a senior Cabinet minister, as a senior macroeconomist at BHP Billiton’s Singapore Office and at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
There will be an opportunity for mentees and mentors to mingle before and after the presentation. This is a great opportunity to connect and exchange information with mentors at our final event for the 2024 WEN mentoring program.
Please RSVP by COB 18 October
Free of Charge for Mentors and Mentees
Look forward to see you there
Cate Rogers
Chair, ACT Women in Economics Network
Ms Sam Reinhardt commenced as Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group in August 2022.
In this role, Sam provides advice to the government on the Budget, fiscal strategy, and policy proposals across all portfolios with a view to achieving sustainable and effective economic outcomes. She also manages relations with state and territory treasuries.
During her career, Sam has worked across a range of areas in the public service, including on the secretariat for the Henry Tax Review; as the Division Head of the Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division, the Commonwealth-State Relations Division, and Corporate and International Tax Division. Sam worked at the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources leading the Northern Australia and Major Projects Division and prior to taking up the role of Deputy Secretary in Treasury, Sam was the Head of Office at the Productivity Commission.
Sam has worked in a number of roles outside the public service, including at the Cape York Institute under Noel Pearson, in the Papua New Guinean Treasury and as Julia Gillard’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Adviser.
Sam holds a master degree in development economics from the Crawford School at the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Economics and Political Science from the Australian National University.
Bookings are now closed
Venue
Edith room, Dear Prudence,Verity Lane
102 Alinga Street, Canberra ACT 2601