Philip Gaetjens

Philip is Secretary to the NSW Treasury and previously Secretary of the GST Distribution Review in the Australian Treasury. He also established and headed the APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) which provides analytical and research capability in support of APEC's work on economic, trade and investment issues.

Between March 1997 and December 2007 he was Chief of Staff in the Office of the Australian Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello MP. Philip has also held senior positions in the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. In these roles he focused on microeconomic reform issues including competition policy and structural reform in the transport, communications and energy sectors.