Crime Commission appoints CTO

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) has permanently hired Andrew Cann as chief technology officer (CTO) after its former chief information officer Joseph Stablum left for another higher paying government position last year.

The ACC is responsible for investigating organised crime. It works with state and territory police forces as well as other Commonwealth agencies to collect and analyse criminal intelligence.

The commission's information technology section was under the acting leadership of Cann until January this year, when he was formally promoted, but as chief technology officer rather than chief information officer, as had been advertised in May last year.

According to what appeared to be Cann's LinkedIn profile, he started out as a policeman at Western Australian Police, specialising in intelligence before studying IT. It also said he started working for the Crime Commission in 2005.

When the position was advertised last May, Cann had been modest about his status in his profile. "Many colleagues leaving has allowed me to do a 'Bradbury' and I've ended up in charge of a good group of people," he had said at the time.

According to the advertisement, the successful applicant was to be offered remuneration of between $99,354 and $111,942, and have three direct reports. The Crime Commission did not comment on the salary that Cann actually received.

The last time the commission had advertised for a chief information officer, it offered a slightly higher salary at $125,000 plus vehicle.

The former chief information officer Joseph Stablum left the Crime Commission to become the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC's) first chief information officer in January last year.

When the ACCC was casting around for a candidate, the salary for the Canberra-based position was pegged at $170,000 plus bonuses, indicating that Stablum might have received a $45,000 pay increase.