John Moten

Who was John Moten?

John Michael Moten is an Australian aeronautical engineer. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Director-General of Security, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. He was the son of Brigadier Murray Moten, a senior Australian Army officer.

Moten was not a career intelligence officer. He had worked at the Department of Defence, where he was Deputy Secretary of the Strategic and Intelligence Section when he accepted the position of ASIO's Director-General. He retired in December 1991, two years into his five-year term. The reasons for his early retirement were never given.