CEO Briefing

3 February 2004
Issues Update 1 -Minister
 2nd Reporting and Planning Meeting with
Minister- 19 January
 Structure of monthly report agreed-will be
circulated
 CEO’s plans for future explained
 Briefing on CEO initial activities/travel
 Enforcement training/complaints handling
focussed on by Minister

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Issues Update 2
 Performance Agreement drafting-senior
managers will be consulted
 CEO visits to Adelaide/Perth/Darwin/
Townsville/Cairns/Melbourne, so far
 NAS
 Industry consultation CEO / ASF/ SCC
 Long term funding
 Safety Review
 CASA IP

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CASA Management
 CEO role is new - strategic focus
 Initially some progressive change
 Today’s changes to achieve:
 Strategic guidance and CEO financial control
 Unified control of ‘ The Operation’
 Individual Accountability
 Removal of collective decision making
 Future changes to follow establishment review
by function-review by CEO/COO
 Rationalisation of functions likely
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Direction and Reporting
Minister

Reporting
Government Policy
Performance Measures

Chief Executive
Officer
Governance Reporting Strategic Policy
Function Reporting CEO Directives
Directive Compliance Financial Control

CASA
Operations

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 Office of the CEO

Legal Risk &

Advice Audit
Chief Executive
Strategic Officer Strategic
Research Communications

Strategic Strategic
Operational Chief Operating Planning
Analysis Officer
Finance

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Office of the CEO
 Deputy CEO to have responsibilities as CASA
COO
 “Strategic” positions, with officers titled as
“Advisers”
 Advisers report to CEO through COO on day-to-
day basis. Effect is direct access to CEO,
keeping COO informed
 Legal advice is to CEO as sole Director under
CAC Act

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Reporting
 Risk and Audit to report direct to CEO

 Financial Controller reports to CEO

through COO, on day-to-day basis

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CEO Management Processes
 CEO Reporting and Planning Meeting (Monthly)

 Governance

 Function reporting

 Directives compliance

 Requirements of Act

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CEO Management Process (cont)
 Policy Sign-off
 Significant policies only

 “Whole of CASA” effect

 Under one cover

 Operation-specific policies to be developed by

COO

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CEO Management Process (cont)
 CEO Directives

 Targeted to achieve requirements of Act

 Some operational in nature

 Individual management accountability

 In general, will define “what”, “when” and “who”

 Permits management discretion ie. “how”

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Independent Monitoring
 Reconstituted Audit and Risk Committee
 Reports to CEO - satisfy CAC Act
 Charter re-drafted to include oversight of CASA
IP
 Independent chair
 Two independent members-one from
government, one ex-ANAO
 One CASA member - COO

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Operations Structure

Legal Office of the CEO Risk &

Advice Audit
Chief Executive Officer

Finance
Chief Operating Officer

Regulatory Corporate Corporate Office

Office of
of
Compliance Standards CASA IP Legal
Services Services Affairs Legal Counsel
Counsel

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Operations Management
 One management group
 COO to develop management processes
by 1 March
 Strategic direction is to have the minimal
processes to manage the operation.

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