Sarah Cruickshank

Appointed as a Member of the Queensland Plan Ambassador’s Council on 6 August 2026, Ms Cruickshank is currently the Director-General of the Department of Justice in Queensland. She has been in the role since April 2025 and possesses two decades’ experience as a senior executive in both the public and private sectors.

Prior to moving to Queensland, she held multiple Deputy Secretary positions in the New South Wales Government, including in the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Customer Service. During her decade in that jurisdiction, she focused on issues relating to regional development, large scale infrastructure projects, urban renewal and place-based service delivery.

Ms Cruickshank has a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Sydney, is a graduate of the NSW Public Service Leadership Academy, and an alumna of the Dr John Yu Fellowship in Cultural Diversity in Leadership from the University of Sydney Business School.