CSIRO’s Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall will depart in June 2023 after leading the national science agency since 2015.

Science minister Ed Husic said Dr Marshall had steered CSIRO through a rapidly changing scientific environment amid global turbulence, including the COVID pandemic.

“Undoubtedly he will leave the organisation with a lasting legacy and I thank him for his dedicated service,” Mr Husic said in a statement on Tuesday.

The minister said Dr Marshall’s experience in founding companies to drive innovation played an important role in his leadership of the agency, including the launch in August of the CSIRO National Vaccine and Therapeutics Lab. 

Dr Marshall also led the creation of the CSIRO Innovation Fund and helped develop a national science accelerator program.

He oversaw the establishment of CSIRO’s Missions program, which saw the launch of the Hydrogen, Future Protein, Drought Resilience, Trusted AgriFood Exports, Ending Plastic Waste and Towards Net Zero missions.

He’ll become the national science agency’s longest serving Chief Executive in 50 years when he completes his third term next June.

Dr Marshall will continue to lead the science agency until June 2023.

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