Ian Watt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ian Watt
Occupation	Civil Servant
Date Of Birth	Jun 18, 1950(1950-06-18)
Age	74
Country	Australia
Birth City	Preston
Horoscope	Gemini

Ian Watt Biography

Ian Watt is one of the most popular and richest Civil Servant who was born on June 18, 1950 in Preston, Australia. Ian James Watt AC (born 18 June 1950) is retiring Australian public servant who is most well-known for his work serving as the Secretary for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from September 2011 until November 2014.

Watt was named as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2008 for his contribution to the community through the creation of public policy and administration in areas of governance and finance and budget and spending policy as well as tax reform. He also served by donating to international professional finance associations. In 2016, Watt was made an Companion of Order for outstanding service to the community by providing the public sector’s management and leadership, to efficient and innovative governance programs, policy and program reform, and the promotion of diversity in the workplace.

Then, in March of 2001 Watt was appointed Secretary for the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, until his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in January 2002. Watt was the longest-serving Financial Secretary when he was appointed in April of 2009. In August 2009, he was appointed secretary of the Department of Defence, until his transfer as the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in September of 2011. Watt was dismissed from his position on November 14, 2014. His departure was thought of from the time when the Abbott Government took office in September 2013.

Ian Watt Net Worth

Ian Watt is one of the richest Civil Servant from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ian Watt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Watt was born in Victoria and grew up in Reservoir in the suburbs north of Melbourne. He studied at La Trobe University and joined the Australian Public Service in 1971 within the Victorian Division of the Post Master General’s Department. He graduated with honours from Melbourne’s University of Melbourne before commencing an enlisted cadetship in The Department of the Treasury in 1973. Watt completed his master’s in 1973 and his Ph.D. from La Trobe University before returning to The Treasury in 1985.

He was minister (Economic) for the Embassy of Australia in Washington from 1991 until 1994. After his return back to Australia, Watt was appointed First Assistant Secretary of the Economic Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from March 1994 until November 1996. He also served as deputy secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPM&C) and the Executive Coordinating the Economic, Industry and Resources Policy Group until March 2001. While in DPM&C, Watt completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

During April 2016, Watt was appointed Chair of SMART Infrastructure Facility’s Advisory Council. The role of the Council is to advise and guide SMART Infrastructure Facility.

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Facts & Trivia

Ian Ranked on the list of most popular Civil Servant. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Ian Watt celebrates birthday on June 18 of every year.

How does Ian Watt define the novel?

IN The Rise of the Novel, Ian Watts defined “ truth to individual experience ” as a main criterion of the realistic novel form (Watt, p13). As opposed to earlier literary forms of generality and works inspired by legend and history, the 18th Century novel focused on human individuality and the conscious experience.

What is the seminal work on theory of novel published in 1957?

His The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding (1957) is an important work in the history of the genre. Published in 1957, The Rise of the Novel is considered by many contemporary literary scholars as the seminal work on the origins of the novel, and an important study of literary realism.

Who wrote the rise of the novel?

Ian Watt

What is formal realism?

Formal realism is a set of formal elements used by novelists to give their fiction a sense of reality , features found necessarily within novels but infrequently in other genres. Watt claims that the novel’s “primary criterion [is] truth to individual experience” (13).

What is realism to Ian Watt?

Modern novel realism presents the novel as an individual reflection of life, experience and nonconformity to the tradition. This gives the best definition of the novel as a genre, one that is based purely on personal judgment and not on laid out convention. Get your 100% original paper on any topic done.