Jenny Wilkinson PSM was appointed Secretary to the Australian Treasury with effect from 16 June 2025.
Prior to this role, she was Secretary of the Department of Finance from August 2022. During her career, Ms Wilkinson has held other senior positions in Commonwealth departments and agencies. These have included:
- Commonwealth Treasury
- Parliamentary Budget Office
- Department of Industry
- Department of Climate Change
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Reserve Bank of Australia.
In these roles, she has been responsible for providing advice on a wide range of economic policy issues.
Ms Wilkinson has also served on a number of advisory boards, including:
- ANU Tax Transfer Institute Advisory Board
- ANU College of Business and Economics Advisory Board
- Grattan Institute Public Policy Committee
- Melbourne Institute Advisory Board.
Ms Wilkinson was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2021 for outstanding public service in the development of fiscal policy, particularly for the formulation of the Australian Government’s economic response to COVID-19 and implementation of JobKeeper.
BEc (Hons) (ANU), MPA (Princeton)
