Caralee McLiesh PSM FCPA is an Australian economist and senior public servant who is currently serving as the auditor-general for the Commonwealth of Australia.

Between 2000-2007, McLiesh worked in a number of roles for the World Bank in Washington D.C. including Programme Manager and Senior Economist.

[10] Regarding McLiesh's appointment as Chief Executive and Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury in September 2019, economist Eric Crampton praised her academic experience in advancing New South Wales's social impact agenda.

Treasury's management of COVID-19 saw directed and targeted response measures that supported short-term and long-term fiscal policies that minimised disruption and dislocation of the business and workforce relationship.

[12][non-primary source needed] Carrying out exit interviews at the end of her term, McLiesh commented in favour of New Zealand adopting a capital gains tax and a more efficient superannuation scheme.