| Position
Title |
Occupant |
Tenure |
| Controller |
Lt
Col Horace Clowes Brinsmead OBE MC |
16
Dec 1920 - 23 Jan 1933 |
| Controller |
Edgar
Charles Johnston DFC |
4
May 1933 - 7 April 1936* |
| Controller-General |
Edgar
Charles Johnston DFC |
7
April 1933 - 9 January 1939 |
| Acting
Director-General |
Maurice
William Mehaffey |
12
January 1939 - 2 April 1939 |
| Director-General |
Arthur
Brownlow Corbett |
3
April 1939 - 16 February 1944 (& Acting Director-General until
5 August 1944) |
| Director-General |
Daniel
McVey |
#
17 February 1944 - 10 June 1946 |
| Director-General
|
Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO |
11
June 1946 - 31 December 1955 |
| Director-General |
Sir
Donald George Anderson KB CBE |
1
January 1956 - 30 September 1973 |
| Acting
Director-General |
Charles
C. Halton |
30
September 1973 - 30 November 1973
|
| Secretary,
Dept. of Transport |
Charles
C. Halton |
5
November 1973 - 7 May 1982 (absorbed Aviation from 1 December 1973) |
| Secretary,
Dept. of Aviation & Secretary, Dept. of Transport |
Colin
W Freeland |
7
May 1982 - 10 February 1988 (CAA
created) |
| Director, BASI |
Paul Edmond Choquenot |
1982 - 1988 |
| Secretary,
Dept. of Aviation |
R.M.
Taylor |
10
February 1986 - 30 June 1988 |
| Chief
Executive and General Manager, Civil Aviation Authority |
Colin
W. Freeland |
17
June 1988 - 21 December 1990 |
| Director, BASI |
Dr Rob Lee AO |
1989 - 1999 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, CAA |
J.F.S.
'Frank' Baldwin |
14
January 1991 - 2 February 1993 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, CAA |
Doug
J. Roser |
1
July 1993 - 5 December 1994 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, CAA (Acting) |
Buck
A. Brooksbank |
6
December 1994 - 30 June 1995 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, Airservices Australia (Acting) |
Buck
A. Brooksbank |
6 July 1995 - 5 November 1995 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
Leroy Keith |
1 July 1995 - 26 September 1997 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, Airservices Australia |
William
H. Pollard |
6
November 1995 - 4 November 2000 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA (Acting) |
John Pike |
27 September 1997 - 30 June 1998 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
Mick Toller |
1 July 1998 - 8 August 2003 |
| Executive Director, ATSB |
Kym Bills |
1 July 1999 - 1 July 2009 |
|
Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia |
Bernard
R. Smith |
6
November 2000 - 20 January 2005 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA (Acting) |
Bruce Gemmell |
8 August 2003 - 1 December 2003 |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
W. Bruce Byron |
1 December 2003 - March 2009 |
|
Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia (Acting) |
Hisham
M. El-Ansary |
21
January 2005 - 15 July 2005 |
| Chief
Executive Officer, Airservices Australia |
Gregory
P. Russell |
19
July 2005 - 17 May 2012 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
John McCormick |
March 2009 - 30 August 2014 |
| Chief Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, ATSB |
Martin Dolan |
1 July 2009 - 30 June 2016 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia (Acting) |
Andrew Clark |
17 May 2012 - 14 October 2012 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia |
Margaret Staib AM CSC |
15 October 2012 - 9 August 2015 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA (Acting) |
Terry Farquharson |
1 September 2014 - 31 December 2014 |
| Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
Mark Skidmore AM |
1 January 2015 - 9 October 2016 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia (Acting) |
Jason Harfield |
10 August 2015 - 8 March 2016 |
| Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia |
Jason Harfield |
9 March 2016 - |
| Chief Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, ATSB |
Greg Hood |
1 July 2016 - |
| Acting Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
Shane Carmody |
10 October 2016 - |