David Gonski AC

Patron

David is Non-Executive Chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners Group Holdings Pty Limited, Chairman of Sydney Airport, Chairman of Levande Living and Chairman of the UNSW Foundation Ltd. He is also a member of the Board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a non-executive Member of LeapFrog Investment’s Global Leadership Council, a member of the Commonwealth Government’s Competition Taskforce Expert Advisory Panel, Patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, NAISDA Foundation and Raise Foundation and a Founding Panel Member of Adara Partners. In December 2025, David was appointed Chairman of the Federal Government’s Taskforce into Antisemitism in Education in Australia. He also holds the title of Emeritus Chancellor and Emeritus Professor of the University of New South Wales

He was previously Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, President of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Board of Trustees, Chair of the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools for the Commonwealth Government of Australia.  He was also a member of the Takeovers Panel, the ASIC External Advisory Panel and Director of Singapore Airlines Limited, the Westfield Group and Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Chairman of Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd, the Australian Securities Exchange Ltd, the Sydney Theatre Company, the Guardians of the Future Fund, the Australia Council for the Arts, the Board of Trustees of Sydney Grammar School and Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd.

As chair of the Prime Minister’s Community-Business Partnership’s Taxation Working Group, David was a pioneer of structured giving and key architect of private ancillary funds. He was a Non-executive director of APS from August 2012 to October 2024 and is now a Patron and one of only four APS Members.