21 May 2025
Louise Macleod commenced her appointment as Chief Integrity Inspector on 21 May 2025 for a 5-year term.
About Louise Macleod
Louise’s 27-year public service career spans state and commonwealth jurisdictions and includes roles as the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of Policy, Regulation and Legal at the Office of the National Data Commissioner, and acting Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Before this Louise was responsible for Complaints Management and Education and the Defence Abuse Response Program at the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman and was seconded to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet supporting the Review of the Parliamentary Workplace: Responding to Serious Incidents. Earlier in her career, Louise was the ACT District Registrar for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal overseeing registry operations and conducting conciliations and case management conferences, and an investigator at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Louise has extensive experience in administrative law, integrity and oversight, investigations, enforcement and compliance monitoring, trauma-informed dispute resolution and restorative justice.
Louise began her public service as an officer in the Australian Army and has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts and is admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court.
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