CSIRO board extends CEO Larry Marshall's contract until mid-2020

CSIRO chairman, David Thodey.

The chairman of the CSIRO has reappointed the science organisation's chief executive officer Larry Marshall for another four years even as the agency reviews the results of a staff survey that produced "uncomfortable" results.

The extension, announced on Friday, adds another six months to the original five-year contract. It now runs until June 30, 2020.

Chairman David Thodey said Dr Marshall's reappointment "underpins our commitment to CSIRO's Strategy 2020" for the organisation to act as "Australia's innovation catalyst".

Dr Marshall had been under sustained pressure as head of the federal government's science organisation during a restructure that started in 2015 that led to the loss of about 300 jobs in the latest round of cuts, according to the Community and Public Sector Union.

Read the story in today’s Melbourne Age - “CSIRO board extends CEO Larry Marshall's contract until mid-2020.”