Paul Grimes (public servant)
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Paul Grimes PSM |
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| Secretary of the Department of Agriculture | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – March 2015 |
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| Secretary of the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | |
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In office June 2011 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Born | Paul Francis Grimes |
| Nationality |
 Australian |
| Alma mater |
Flinders University Australian National University |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Paul Francis Grimes PSM is a senior Australian public servant. Between September 2013 and March 2015, he was Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture.
Grimes received a Bachelor of Economics from Flinders University in 1989, later completing a Masters of Economics and a PhD in Economics at the Australian National University. His PhD thesis, which he completed in 1994, was titled The Determinants of Trade Union Membership: Evidence from Two Australian Surveys.
In the South Australian public service, Grimes obtained the role of Deputy Under Secretary in the Department of Treasury and Finance.
Between March 2005 and January 2007, Grimes was ACT Under Treasurer in the ACT Public Service. In the role he oversaw the ACT Government's transition to the GFS accounting system, a change that then Treasurer Jon Stanhope suggested would enable the Government to have a more realistic and less volatile basis upon which to base budgeting decisions. He also assisted in developing and delivering the 2006–07 ACT Government Budget, which involved major structural change to ACT Government agencies; and consolidated IT and procurement services across the ACT public service.
In January 2007, Grimes took up an Australian Public Service position as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Finance and Administration. He stayed in the Department when it transitioned to become the Department of Finance and Deregulation, heading the Budget Group as its General Manager.
Grimes was appointed Acting Secretary of the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities in September 2010, moving into the role formally in 2011. His responsibilities at the Department included matters related to environment protection and conservation of biodiversity, air quality, national fuel quality standards and administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory.
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