Nicholas Peter Warner, (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. Warner served as the director-general of the

Office of National Assessments The Office of National Assessments (ONA) was an Australian statutory intelligence agency established by the ''Office of National Assessments Act 1977'' as an independent statutory body directly accountable to the Prime Minister of Australia a ...

from December 2017 to December 2018, the director-general

Australian Secret Intelligence Service The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS ) is the foreign intelligence agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, responsible for gathering, processing, and analysing national security information from around the world, primarily throug ...

(ASIS) from August 2009 to December 2017, and the secretary of the

Australian Department of Defence The Department of Defence, also known simply as Defence, is a department of the Australian Government that is responsible for administering the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and its related entities, and is charged with the defence of Austra ...

from December 2006 to August 2009.

Education

Born in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, Warner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in history and Asian studies and a Master of Arts degree in history from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

(ANU).

Career

Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO): *(1973–77) Worked in the JIO

(ONA): *(1979–88), Deputy head, Current Intelligence Branch and National Assessments Officer for Africa *(1980) Australian Liaison Office, Salisbury, Rhodesia

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trad ...

(DFAT): *(1988–89) Director, South Asia, Africa, Middle East Trade Section *(1989–90) Head, Australian Liaison Office, Namibia during the Australian contribution to UNTAG *(1990–91) Director, Central and Southern Africa Section *(1991–93) Deputy head of mission, Australian Permanent Mission to the Supreme National Council, Cambodia *(1994–97) Australian ambassador to Iran *(1997–98) Assistant secretary, Parliamentary and Media Branch and Senior Spokesman *(1997–98) Acting first assistant secretary, Public Affairs and Consular Division *(1998–99) First assistant secretary, South and South East Asia Division *(1999–2003) High commissioner,

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

*(2003) First assistant secretary, South Pacific, Africa and Middle East Division *(2003–2004) Special coordinator of the

Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), also known as Operation Helpem Fren, Operation Anode and Operation Rata (by New Zealand), began in 2003 in response to a request for international aid by the Governor-General of Solom ...

(RAMSI) *(2004–2005) Deputy secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Prime Minister's Office (PMO): *(2005–2006) Senior adviser (International) to the

prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

: *(4 December 2006 – August 2009) Secretary of Defence

(DFAT): *(17 August 2009 – 18 December 2017) Director-general,

(ASIS) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C): *(18 December 2017–20 December 2018) Director-general of the

(ONA) *(20 December 2018–) Director-general of the Office of National Intelligence (ONI)

Honours

Warner was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2006 for outstanding public service as High Commissioner to Port Moresby, Special Coordinator for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands and leader of the Emergency Response Team which dealt with the kidnapping in Baghdad of Mr Douglas Wood. On 13 June 2011, he was named an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

for distinguished service to public sector leadership through the development of policy, administration and reform in the areas of intelligence, defence and international relations.

References and notes

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Nick 1950 births Living people Directors-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Public Service Medal (Australia) Australian National University alumni Ambassadors of Australia to Iran High commissioners of Australia to Papua New Guinea Secretaries of the Australian Department of Defence