Mr David Gonski AC 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 Board Member of the Lowy Institute, a Non-Executive Member of LeapFrog Investment’s Global Leadership Council, a member of the Commonwealth Government’s Competition Taskforce Expert Advisory Panel, a Patron of the Australian Indigenous Education 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,  and 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.