Roman Quaedvlieg

Roman Quaedvlieg
APM
Commissioner of the Australian Border Force
Assumed office
1 July 2015
Preceded by New creation
Comptroller-General of Customs
Assumed office
October 2014
Preceded by Mike Pezzullo
CEO of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
In office
October 2014 – 30 June 2015
Preceded by Mike Pezzullo
Succeeded by Role abolished
Chief Police Officer of ACT Policing
In office
2010–2013
Personal details
Born Roman Alexander Quaedvlieg
Law enforcement
service

Roman Alexander Quaedvlieg, APM is an Australian senior public servant who is the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force (ABF).

Education

Quaedvlieg has a Bachelor of Justice from the Queensland University of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration from the Melbourne Business School (MBS) of the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1]

Career

A career police officer, Quaedvlieg served as a sworn member of the Queensland Police Service for 15 years, where he performed duties in a range of positions investigating and managing serious and organised criminal activity.[1]

In 2005 Quaedvlieg joined the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and assumed the position of Manager Economic Operations, with responsibility for financial and economic investigations including money-laundering, large-scale fraud against the Commonwealth, proceeds of crime recovery, identity crime enforcement, and the management of the Oil-for-Food Task Force.[1]

In 2007, Quaedvlieg was promoted to Assistant Commissioner at the AFP and assumed responsibility for Border Operations, which encompassed investigations of major drug importation and trafficking, people-smuggling activity, sexual servitude, and child sex tourism offences. Quaedvlieg has also performed the role of National Manager Aviation (at the Assistant Commissioner level) and was the AFP Chief of Staff for a period of time, a role which incorporated responsibility for the governance mechanisms of the AFP, including Ministerial Liaison, National Media and Marketing, Legal Services, Professional Standards, Recognition and Ceremonial, and Executive Services.[1]

In 2010 Quaedvlieg became the Chief Police Officer of ACT Policing. ACT Policing is the portfolio of the AFP responsible for providing policing services to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). [1]

Quaedvlieg was awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in 2011 for serving the Australian community with distinction, particularly in the areas of police operations and administration. [2]

In 2013 Quaedvlieg joined the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.[3] In October 2014 he succeeded Mike Pezzullo as Chief Executive Officer.[4]

With the introduction of the Australian Border Force (ABF) in 2015, Quaedvlieg became Commissioner of the Australian Border Force and Comptroller-General of Customs.[5]

Honours

Honours and awards Date awarded Citation
Australian Police Medal (APM) 26 January 2011 [6]
National Medal
State

Personal life

Quaedvlieg is married and has three children. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Roman Quaedvlieg APM". Australia Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Retrieved 30 November 2016. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence.
  2. ↑ "Australian Police Medal (APM)" (PDF). Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Knaus, Christopher (26 April 2013). "ACT top cop moving to Customs". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection" (Press release). Prime Minister of Australia. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Australian Border Force starts work". The Courier-Mail. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Search Australian Honours: QUAEDVLIEG, Roman Alexander: Australian Police Medal". It's an Honour. Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2011.
  7. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/world/boxing-day-tsunami-anniversary-customs-chief-executive-roman-quaedvlieg-recalls-rescue-efforts-20141224-12dino.html
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