Doug McKay (public servant)

Douglas Henry McKay was a senior Australian public servant.

Life and career

Doug McKay was born in North Sydney on 5 September 1923, growing up around Tumbarumba then Narrandera in southern New South Wales.
In 1971, McKay was appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (Australia).
Between December 1972 and January 1973, McKay was Acting Secretary of the Department of Tourism and Recreation as well as the Department of Secondary Industry. while serving as permanent head of trade department.
In 1978, he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry. Before retiring in 1980, McKay went on extended sick leave.
McKay died in Canberra on 7 July 2012.

Awards

Doug McKay was made a Civil Officer of the Order of the British Empire in January 1966 for his public service.