Rex Stevenson

Rex Kenneth Stevenson AO (born 16 October 1942) is an Australian company director and former intelligence officer, who was the Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service from 1992 to 1998.

Rex Stevenson AO
8th Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
In office 9 December 1992 – 28 February 1998
Preceded by	Jim Furner
Succeeded by	Allan Taylor
Personal details
Born	Rex Kenneth Stevenson 16 October 1942 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Caroline Schoning ​ (m. 1969)​
Alma mater	Monash University
Occupation	Intelligence officer

Born in Melbourne, Stevenson attended Northcote High School, and then studied a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Master of Arts at Monash University.[1] His 1970 masters thesis, Cultivators and administrators: British educational policy towards the Malays, 1875–1906, was published as a book by Oxford University Press in 1975.[2]

Stevenson began his career as an intelligence officer in 1973, and by 1990 he was the Deputy Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).[1] On 25 November 1992, he was promoted to acting Director-General and was officially appointed to the role two weeks later on 9 December.[3]

After his retirement from ASIS in 1998, Stevenson co-founded the security consulting firms Signet Group and Spectrum Consultancy.[1]

References

1. Who's Who in Australia, ConnectWeb, 2014.
2. "Cultivators and administrators : British educational policy towards the Malays, 1875-1906 / Rex Stevenson". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
3. "Questions in Writing: Australian Secret Intelligence Service". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014.