Martin Bowles

Martin Bowles is a senior Australian public servant. He is Special Advisor to the Secretary in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, a position to which he was appointed in December 2011.

Education
Bowles has a Bachelor of Business and a Graduate Certificate of Public Sector Management and is also a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

Career
Bowles has held various senior corporate services and general management positions across Queensland and New South Wales. He worked in Health across a number of Area Health Services including his appointment in June 2002 as the Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Area Health Services.

In 2006, Bowles joined the ranks of the Australian Public Service, Australia's federal civil service, when he was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defence from the Department.

Following his time at Defence, Bowles was appointed as Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Safety and Corporate Group at the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, where he had executive oversight of the Corporate Support Division, the Energy and Safety Programs Division and the Renewable and Energy and Efficiency Division.

Personal
Bowles is married to Deidre and they have two children, a son Andrew and a daughter Morgan.