As Chair of the Board at Quintessential, David draws on extensive experience on boards and as a CEO, growing successful investments, including creating value in the commercial property sector. 

David takes pride in his former role at Qualitas Limited, where he served on the Advisory Board as Director and inaugural Chairman and as Chair of Arch Finance P/L, Qualitas’ commercial mortgage lending subsidiary. As CEO of MLC Private Equity in Sydney, he led one of the country’s largest private equity investors, with over $4 billion invested globally.

Giving back to the community has played an important role in David’s career. He serves on the Advisory Board of The Royal Australian Mint, The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, The Hellenic Museum of Melbourne, and The National Breast Cancer Foundation. He was a director of The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he was awarded an Order of Australia.

David’s career took him to Wall St as an Attorney at the New York law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell and as a Partner of the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin based in their Washington, DC office. After returning to Australia, he commenced his role as inaugural General Counsel and Group Director – Strategy and Development at Telstra and then as Group Chief General Counsel at National Australia Bank (NAB). He was appointed CEO of MLC Private Equity before commencing a non-executive Board career as Chair of Qualitas Limited. He was also Chair of the Victorian Work Cover Authority, TAC Director and Work Health Group Director.  

David has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Australia a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia, and attended an executive programme at INSEAD in Paris.

David’s appointment as Chair of the Board follows his contribution to Quintessential as Chair of the Investment Committee. As Chair, he will continue to guide the growth of Quintessential as it continues to develop its strategy of finding value-added opportunities for investors in the Australian commercial property sector.