Greg Johannes is the Chair of the Blue Economy CRC. Greg has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the Australian public, private, not-for-profit and research sectors. His roles have included Head of the State Service and Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Tasmania. In 2015 he was made a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia for his outstanding contribution to the public sector in Australia over many years.

Greg has a deep interest in the oceans and extensive governance experience in the marine science sector. Last year he completed a four-year stint as Independent Chair of the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, he was a long-serving board member for both the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and is a former member (ex-officio) of the Australian Antarctic Science Council.

Greg also runs a boutique consulting company helping boards and CEOs address complex development and organisational issues. The son of a marine biologist, in his spare time Greg has been in or on the water since he was a young boy living in a remote village in Micronesia, and he snorkels and dives on the world’s coral reefs whenever he can.