Mike Woods - Deputy Chairman

Mike Woods

Deputy Chairman

Mike Woods was appointed as Deputy Chairman on 8 October 2008, and prior to that, was a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission since its inception in April 1998. Mike is also the Australian Government Commissioner for Competitive Neutrality.

Mike is currently a Commissioner on the inquiry into Caring for Older Australians and Education and Training Workforce study.

Previously he has presided on inquiries and studies into:

Mike mentors the annual review of the Financial Performance of GTEs and has had a similar role for various commissioned studies and research reports, including:

He has also assisted in various other Commission inquiries and commissioned research projects.

He is an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Developing Cities at the University of Canberra. Mike is Chair of the Financial Reform Implementation Committee for the China Australia Governance Program. His fields of research and teaching include public sector reform and infrastructure financing.

Mike was formerly the Secretary of the Treasury for the Australian Capital Territory. He has been a member of the Australian Statistical Advisory Council, Chair of the Government Sector Finance Task Force for the Securities Institute of Australia and a board member or shareholder of various government authorities and business enterprises. Mike has held senior executive positions in the ACT, Commonwealth and Northern Territory public services in the fields of economic policy, public finance and health. As Principal of Woods Financial Designs, Mike undertook assignments in Indonesia, China, Vietnam and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific.