Sandy Hollway

Sandy Hollway AO
Secretary of the Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development
In office 20 December 1993 – 25 March 1994
Secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Technology
In office 25 March 1994 – 11 March 1996
Secretary of the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
In office 11 March 1996 – 29 December 1996
Personal details
Born	David Alexander Hollway
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	Public servant

David Alexander "Sandy" Hollway AO is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. He retired from the Australian Public Service in 1996 to head the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Hollway graduated from the University of Sydney in 1968, with first-class honours in philosophy. He started his Australian Public Service career in the Department of External Affairs in 1969.

Between 1988 and 1990, Hollway was Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

In 1993, Hollway was appointed Secretary of the Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development (later the Department of Industry, Science and Technology). At the beginning of 1996, Hollway shifted to become Secretary of the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, staying in the role less than a year.

Hollway left his Secretary position at the end of 1996, to take up employment as Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). Prior to the games, Hollway was embroiled in controversy as an inquiry was launched in the Olympic's ticketing fiasco after it was revealed most of the best tickets were not available to Australian sports fans, instead being put aside for sales at triple the face value to businesses.

Hollway has served as a member of boards for a number of Australian Government organisations including CSIRO, ANSTO and Austrade.

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