Andrew Metcalfe

Andrew Metcalfe
Australian Capital Territory’s Public Sector Standards Commissioner
In office
October 2025 – present
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
In office
1 July 2022 – 5 August 2023
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
In office
1 February 2020 – 30 June 2022
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
In office
29 January 2013 – 18 September 2013
Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
In office
30 January 2007 – 28 January 2013
Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
In office
27 January 2006 – 30 January 2007
Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
In office
16 July 2005 – 27 January 2006
Personal details
BornAndrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe
13 October 1959
SpouseJenny
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Andrew Edgar Francis Metcalfe, AO FIPAA (born 1959) is a former Australian Government departmental secretary and senior public servant. He was also a partner in EY, the global professional services firm, from 2014 to 2020. He retired from the Australian Public Service in 2023.

Metcalfe is the Australian Capital Territory’s public sector standards commissioner (a part-time role), having been appointed for a five-year term in October 2025.

Metcalfe is also the national president of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (elected in October 2023, and re-elected in October 2025).

He was appointed by the former attorney-general, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, as the lead reviewer of the Family Relationships Services Program on 15 November 2023, and provided his report on 30 June 2024.

In October 2024 Metcalfe was appointed as a director of the Gardiner Foundation, a not-for-profit  company established after the dairy industry’s deregulation in 2000 to advance all aspects of the industry. He was elected board chairman in November 2025.

Having served on the Australian National University’s Audit and Risk Management Committee since late 2023, Metcalfe was appointed as a member of the Council of the ANU for a four-year term commencing 1 July 2025.

Metcalfe is also a member of the Research and Industry Advisory Group of the La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and Food.