Ms Jane Treadwell
Chief Information Officer, Department of Premier & Cabinet, State Government of Victoria

Paper title
Shared Governance and Collaboration

Biography
Jane Treadwell commenced work in early 2007 to chart a new direction for Victorians in accessing government information and services in a simple, integrated and convenient way, coupled with creating opportunities for people to comment on and contribute to development of policies and services that matter to them.   Transforming the way government works to enable simpler and better outcomes for its citizens depends on changing processes, performance, relationships, skills, culture, information and technology.

Jane brings to this role over ten years of experience as a Chief Information Officer, most recently as CIO for the Victorian Government Chief Information Officer where she was responsible for shaping and driving the strategies and processes that would enable the Victorian Government to exploit the capabilities of information and communications technologies.

Prior to this appointment, Jane was the Deputy CEO for Business Transformation and the Chief Information Officer of Centrelink, one of Australia’s largest service delivery organisations.

Jane has an eclectic career path, having worked in a range of roles and industries, with a focus on strategic management and organisational change.  Her early career roles were in the health and human services industries as a health professional and later in service planning, research and administration.

The completion of a Masters of Business Administration led to new opportunities in lecturing in Business Studies in the tertiary education sector and as a management consultant with the Office of Public Sector Reform for the South Australian Government.  Jane’s appointment to the Department of Correctional Services as Director of Strategic Services preceded her move to Centrelink in 1998 as Chief Information Officer. 

Jane has been recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in e-business and organisational transformation, and was awarded Outstanding Achievement in the Role of CIO in March 2005 by JML and The Australian.