Andrew Stuart Podger, AO (born 6 November 1948) is a retired Australian senior public servant.
[1] Podger began his Commonwealth Public Service career in 1968 as a Cadet at the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
[1][2] After his time as a statistician he moved to the Social Welfare Commission in 1974 and then to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1975.
He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in the Department of Social Security in 1978, where he stayed until 1982.
[2] In 1990 Podger went on to hold the position of Deputy Secretary in charge of Acquisition and Logistics in the Department of Defence, where he stayed until 1993.