Chris Moraitis


Christos "Chris" Moraitis is a senior Australian public servant, currently Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department.

Life and career

Moraitis was born in Melbourne in 1962. He joined the Australian Public Service in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1989 as a Graduate Trainee.
From November 2002 to December 2006, Moriatis held the position of Senior Legal Adviser in the Department. Between 2006 and 2009, Moraitis was Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea. In April 2013 he was appointed a Deputy Secretary at the foreign affairs department, serving less than 18 months in the role before being promoted in September 2014 to head the Attorney-General's Department, his first job outside DFAT since he commenced his public service career.

Awards

Moraitis was awarded a Public Service Medal in June 2014 for "outstanding public service to Australia's international affairs as Australia's High Commissioner to Port Moresby and in senior legal and corporate roles at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade".