and services as a priority in the role, with a focus on streamlining and providing a greater level of accountability. She also emphasized the scope of work harnessing technology to deliver public services more efficiently across government agencies into different platforms. Halton announced her resignation, set for 15 October 2016, on 16 September 2016. After stepping down as Secretary, she was appointed to the boards of Crown Casino, the ANZ Bank and Vault Systems. While serving on the board of Crown Casino, and for a period as acting chairman, Halton oversaw Crown Resorts’ response to the Finkelstein Royal Commission investigations around its suitability to hold a casino license - stemming from failures to mitigate money laundering, strong ties to organized criminal networks, and other serious problems with Crown's corporate governance. Halton held concurrent roles within the gambling and casino industry at the same time she held senior roles in global health organizations. She held these conflicting roles despite the IHME estimates that "gambling-related burden of harm was 2.5 times more than diabetes and 3.0 times more than drug use disorder". Halton is chair of the global Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and in March 2020 was appointed to the executive board of the Australian National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. Awards and honours Halton was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2002 and the Centenary Medal in 2003. In 2014, she was ranked number eight in The Australian Women's Weekly Power List of Australia's 50 most powerful women. Halton was created an Officer of the Order of Australia in June 2015. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) in 2015. Notes References and further reading 1960 births Living people Australian National University alumni People from Wickwar English emigrants to Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal Recipients of the Public Service Medal (Australia) Secretaries of the Australian Government Health Department Secretaries of the Australian Department of Finance Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences