Surveillance research: Expand director biography and sourced appointments from approved draft; preserve existing material

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Expand director biography and sourced appointments from approved draft; preserve existing material

Surveillance research: Expand and source intelligence-director biography; preserve existing material and add licensed portrait where available

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Expand and source intelligence-director biography; preserve existing material and add licensed portrait where available

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{{short description|'''Australian security intelligence director'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mike Burgess
| image = Mike Burgess in 2023.png
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Mike Burgess
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Intelligence and cybersecurity executive; intelligence director
| known_for = Director-General of Security, [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]]<br>{{Start date|2019|9}} –<ref name="BurgessAppointment">Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, [https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/peterdutton/Pages/appointment-director-general-security.aspx Appointment of Director General of Security], August 2019, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
| predecessor = [[Duncan Lewis]]
}}
[[Mike Burgess]] leads the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] (ASIO) as director-general of security, following appointment in 2019.<ref name="BurgessAppointment" />

== Office held ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[Mike Burgess]] — intelligence leadership
! Office !! Start !! End !! Predecessor !! Successor !! Source
|-
| Director-General of Security, [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] || {{Start date|2019|9}} || In office at November 2026 || [[Duncan Lewis]] || — || <ref name="BurgessAppointment" />
|}

== Signals intelligence and industry ==
Before joining the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]], [[Mike Burgess]] led the [[Australian Signals Directorate]]. His earlier appointments included deputy director for cyber and information security at the [[Defence Signals Directorate]], chief information security officer at [[Telstra]] and membership of the government’s [[Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board]].<ref name="BurgessAppointment" />

== ASIO appointment ==
The Australian government announced [[Mike Burgess]]’s appointment as director-general of the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] in August 2019, succeeding [[Duncan Lewis]]. The announcement emphasised his experience across public-service intelligence work and private-sector cybersecurity.<ref name="BurgessAppointment" />

== Reappointment ==
In June 2024 the [[Australian government]] announced that [[Mike Burgess]] had been reappointed to lead the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] for a further five-year term.<ref name="BurgessRenewal">Minister for Home Affairs, [https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/ClareONeil/Pages/reappointment-burgess-director-general-security.aspx Reappointment of Mike Burgess AM as Director-General of Security], June 2024, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>

== Notes ==
<references/>

[[Category:Spooks|Burgess, Mike]]
[[Category:Australia|Burgess, Mike]]

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 | nationality = Australian
 | occupation = Intelligence and cybersecurity executive; intelligence director
-| known_for = Director-General of Security, [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]]<br>{{Start date|2019|9}} –<ref name="BurgessAppointment">Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, [https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/peterdutton/Pages/appointment-director-general-security.aspx Appointment of Director General of Security], August 2019, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
+| known_for = Director-General of Security, [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]]<br>{{Start date|2019|9}} –<ref name="BurgessAppointment">Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, [https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/peterdutton/Pages/appointment-director-general-security.aspx Appointment of Director General of Security], August 2019, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref><br>Former director-general, [[Australian Signals Directorate]]; former chief information security officer, [[Telstra]]
 | predecessor = [[Duncan Lewis]]
 }}
-[[Mike Burgess]] leads the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] (ASIO) as director-general of security, following appointment in 2019.<ref name="BurgessAppointment" />
+'''[[Mike Burgess]]''' leads the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] (ASIO) as director-general of security, following appointment in 2019.<ref name="BurgessAppointment" />
 == Office held ==
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 == Reappointment ==
 In June 2024 the [[Australian government]] announced that [[Mike Burgess]] had been reappointed to lead the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] for a further five-year term.<ref name="BurgessRenewal">Minister for Home Affairs, [https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/ClareONeil/Pages/reappointment-burgess-director-general-security.aspx Reappointment of Mike Burgess AM as Director-General of Security], June 2024, accessed 8 November 2026.</ref>
 == Notes ==

Mike Burgess - Revision history

Surveillance research: Expand director biography and sourced appointments from approved draft; preserve existing material

Surveillance research: Expand and source intelligence-director biography; preserve existing material and add licensed portrait where available