Australian civil servant Sir David Iser Smith, KCVO, AO (9 August 1933 – August 2022). Between 1973 and 1990, he served Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir John Kerr, Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir Ninian Stephen, and Bill Hayden as the Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia.
David Smith’s net worth at death
Smith’s net worth was 5 million dollars. Smith worked as a volunteer at Old Parliament House in Canberra, where he also resided. Michael (financial services, Sydney), Richard (Commonwealth public servant, Canberra), and Phillip were his three sons (strategic architect, ICT, Oslo, Norway).
Smith was born to Polish immigrants named Szmitkowski and Smith, who was born in Melbourne. Princes Hill State School, Scotch College, the University of Melbourne, and the Australian National University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, served as his primary institutions of education.
Smith started working for the Australian government in 1953, and from 1958 to 1963 he served as the minister of interior and works’ private secretary. From 1971 to 1973, he was the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Secretary to the Federal Executive Council and Head of the Government Branch.