Sir Geoffrey John "Geoff" Yeend AC CBE (1 May 1927 – 6 October 1994) was a senior Australian public servant.
[1] Following his father's footsteps into the Commonwealth Public Service,[2] Geoffrey Yeend began his career in 1945 in the Department of Post-War Reconstruction.
[4] Both in working life as a Commonwealth Public Servant and after his retirement, Yeend was highly committed to community life in Canberra as a golfer, hockey player, board director, charitable contributor and as Chancellor of the Australian National University.
Yeend was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1976.
[4] In 2012, a street in the Canberra suburb of Casey was named Yeend Avenue in his honour.