Editing CSIRO (section)

===Chief executives===

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! # !! Name !! Background !! Term start !! Term end !! Duration !! Notes<ref name="heads"/>
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| 1 || {{sortname|David|Rivett}} || Chemist || 1 January 1927 || 31 December 1945 || {{age in years and months|1927|1|1|1945|12|31}} ||
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| 2 || {{sortname|A. E. V.|Richardson}} || Agricultural scientist || 1 January 1946 || 18 May 1949 || {{age in years and months|1946|1|1|1949|5|18}} || 
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| 3 || {{sortname|Fred|White|dab=physicist}} || Physicist || 19 May 1949 || 13 December 1956 || {{age in years and months|1949|5|18|1956|12|13}} ||
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| 4 || {{sortname|Stewart|Bastow}} || Chemist || 1 January 1957 || 30 June 1959 || {{age in years and months|1957|1|1|1959|6|30}} || 
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! colspan=7| {{small|''Functions of chief executive carried out by chairman from 1959–1986.''}}
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| 5 || {{sortname|Norman|Boardman}} || Chemist || 5 December 1986 || 4 March 1990 || {{age in years and months|1986|12|5|1990|3|4}} || Acting to 4 March 1987
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| 6 || {{sortname|John|Stocker|dab=scientist}} || Immunologist || 5 March 1990 || 4 March 1995 || {{age in years and months|1990|3|5|1995|3|4}} || 
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| 7 || {{sortname|Roy|Green|dab=physicist}} || Physicist || 5 March 1995 || 3 January 1996 || {{age in years and months|1995|3|5|1996|1|3}} || Acting to 20 July 1995
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| 8 || {{sortname|Malcolm|McIntosh|dab=public servant}} || Public servant || 3 January 1996 || 7 February 2000 || {{age in years and months|1996|1|3|2000|2|7}} || Died in office
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| – || {{sortname|Colin|Adam}} || Metallurgical engineer || 7 February 2000 || 14 January 2001 || {{age in years and months|2000|2|7|2001|1|14}} || Acting chief executive
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| 9 || {{sortname|Geoff|Garrett}} || Metallurgist ||15 January 2001 || 31 December 2008 || {{age in years and months|2001|1|15|2008|12|31}} ||
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| 10 || {{sortname|Megan|Clark}} || Geologist || 1 January 2009 || 19 November 2014 || {{age in years and months|2009|1|1|2014|11|19}} ||
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| 11 || {{sortname|Larry R.|Marshall}} || Physicist || 1 January 2015 || 30 June 2023 || {{age in years and months|2015|1|1|2023|6|30}} ||
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| 12 || {{sortname|Doug|Hilton}} || Molecular biologist || 1 July 2023 || incumbent || {{age in years and months|2023|7|1}} ||
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