Leanne Close
Commissioner
ACT Corrective Services
Leader in National Security, Law Enforcement and Corrective Services, Committed to Community Safety
Leanne commenced in the role of Commissioner ACT Corrective Services (ACTCS) in January 2025. In this role, Leanne is responsible for management of over 550 staff and 1200 adult detainees / offenders at the Alexander Maconochie Centre and under supervision in the community. In addition, Leanne is Deputy Chair at Australian Volunteers International (AVI) and Chair of AVIs People & Culture Committee. She is also a non-executive member and Chair of BRAKE Drive Awareness and is a member of the Victorian Government External Advisory Panel on Countering Violent Extremism.
Prior to commencing as Commissioner ACTCS, Leanne was a non-executive Director of various Australian government and NFP boards, audit, risk and other committees. Leanne is a former Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer with over 33 years policing experience, culminating as Deputy Commissioner from 2014-2019. During this time, as Deputy Commissioner National Security, Leanne was the AFP representative at the Australia /New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee.
In 2016, Leanne undertook a 12-month secondment to the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department leading the Criminal Justice Group. From 2015-2019, Leanne co-chaired the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing.
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