Nick Warner

Nick Warner
Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
In office
17 August 2009 – 18 December 2017
Preceded byDavid Irvine
Succeeded byPaul Symon
Secretary of the Department of Defence
In office
4 December 2006 – 14 August 2009
Preceded byRic Smith
Succeeded byIan Watt
Personal details
Born
Nicholas Peter Warner

(1950-05-22) 22 May 1950 (age 74)
Singapore
NationalityAustralian
ParentDenis Warner[1]
Alma materAustralian National University (BA, MA)
OccupationPublic servant, diplomat

Nicholas Peter Warner, AO, PSM (born 22 May 1950) is an Australian diplomat, intelligence official, public servant, and the Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence since 20 December 2018.[2][3]

Warner served as the director-general of the Office of National Assessments from December 2017 to December 2018, the director-general Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) from August 2009 to December 2017, and the secretary of the Australian Department of Defence from December 2006 to August 2009.[4]

  1. ^ Peake, Ross (13 July 2012). "Journalist Denis Warner dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Maintaining a Strong and Secure Australia" Archived 24 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Prime Minister of Australia press release, 1 December 2017
  3. ^ "Malcolm Turnbull names spy chief Nick Warner to lead new security agency" The Canberra Times, 1 December 2017
  4. ^ CDF thanks Nick Warner, Defence Media release MSPA 264/09, 13 August 2009. defence.gov.au