We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

Mr David Gonski AC President, Art Gallery of NSW Trust

AC B Com, LLB, FAICD (Life), FCPA, Hon LLD (UOW)

David Gonski

Initial date of appointment: 1 January 2016

Expiry of current term: 31 December 2024

David Gonski is chancellor of the University of New South Wales and chairman of the UNSW Foundation Ltd. He is president of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust, non-executive chairman of Barrenjoey Capital Partners Group Holdings Pty Limited, chairman of Sydney Airport and chairman of Levande Living. 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 patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and Raise Foundation, and a founding panel member of Adara Partners.

He was previously chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, 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.