Sir Alan Sydenham Cooley, CBE (17 September 1920 – 13 April 1997) was a senior Australian Public Service official and policymaker.
[1] He began his Commonwealth Public Service career in the Department of Supply,[2] rising up the ranks to become Secretary of that department in 1966.
[3] He transferred the department headquarters to Canberra in January 1968.
[4] Between 1971 and 1977, Cooley was Chairman of the Public Service Board.
[6][7] Cooley was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1972.