Tim Spiteri PSM is an Assistant Director-General within the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division of the Australian Cyber Security Centre. He is responsible for functions such as Cyber Hunt, Threat Detection, Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing, and Malware Analysis.

Mr Spiteri has extensive experience in cyber security, foreign policy, diplomacy and national security, with a policy focus on critical and emerging technologies impact on national resilience.

Prior to assuming his current role, Mr Spiteri was the first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Australian Federal Police (AFP). During his tenure he played a key role in shaping and executing the AFP's first cybersecurity strategy, overseeing operations, and enhancing the organisation's cyber resilience and information security governance.

Mr Spiteri has served overseas as a diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). His most recent posting was in Washington DC as the Counsellor Political responsible for Critical and Emerging Technologies, Cyber and Space from 2018-21. Mr Spiteri also served on earlier postings to rebuild Australia’s diplomatic and security presence in Afghanistan from 2009-2011. Furthermore, in 2012-14 Mr Spiteri was the senior diplomatic exchange officer to the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) in direct support of the London Olympics, and ASEAN. Throughout his career, Mr Spiteri has led cyber and critical technology uplift programs in East Asia, Sub Saharan and East Africa, Middle East, and the Pacific.

In 2013, Mr Spiteri was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding public service in support of Australia’s diplomatic and military efforts in Afghanistan.

Mr Spiteri began his career in the Royal Australian Navy. He holds a Master of Science from the University of New South Wales, and is an alumni of the University of Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Program in the United Kingdom.