# Helen Silver

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**Helen Elizabeth Silver** is Chief General Manager of the Workers Compensation Division at [Allianz Australia](/source/Allianz_Australia).[1] She was [Secretary](/source/Departmental_secretary) of the [Victorian Government Department of Premier and Cabinet](/source/Department_of_Premier_and_Cabinet,_Victoria) between 2008 and 2013.[2][3]

Before her role at Premier and Cabinet, she worked as manager of government business at the [National Australia Bank](/source/National_Australia_Bank) (NAB), and prior to that had been Deputy Secretary in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Premier [John Brumby](/source/John_Brumby)'s choice to appoint somebody from outside the public service surprised many and, according to some, risked upsetting senior public servants.[2]

Silver was born in Melbourne and studied at [Monash University](/source/Monash_University) where in 1980 she obtained a [Bachelor of Economics](/source/Bachelor_of_Economics) (with first class honours) and in 1988 a [Master of Economics](/source/Master_of_Economics).[4]

In the [2015 Queen's Birthday Honours](/source/2015_Queen's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)) Silver was made an [Officer of the Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) "distinguished service to public administration, particularly through innovation and whole-of-government coordination, to business and commerce, and to the community of Victoria".[5]

## References

1. ["Women in leadership at Allianz: Interview with Helen Silver"](https://www.allianz.com/en/press/extra/140827_interview-helen-silver.html), Allianz, 27 August 2014, [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141207045715/https://www.allianz.com/en/press/extra/140827_interview-helen-silver.html) 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Outsider scores plum state public service job"](http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/outsider-scores-plum-state-public-service-job/2008/03/07/1204780065941.html). *The Age*. Fairfax Media. 8 March 2008. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121104062053/http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/outsider-scores-plum-state-public-service-job/2008/03/07/1204780065941.html) 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Mickelburough, Peter (27 March 2013). ["Top public servant Helen Silver steps down after five years as Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet"](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/top-public-servant-helen-silver-steps-down-after-five-years-as-secretary-of-the-department-of-premier-and-cabinet/story-e6frg6n6-1226607720915). *Herald Sun*. News Ltd.

1. ["Ms Helen Silver"](http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/find/profiles/prominent-alumni/helen-silver.html), Monash University, [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140323000649/http://monash.edu.au/alumni/find/profiles/prominent-alumni/helen-silver.html) 23 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Helen Elizabeth Silver"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1151779). *It's An Honour*. Retrieved 2021-01-05.

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