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David Thodey (David Ingle Thodey) was born on 14 May, 1954 in Perth, Western Australia, is an Australian businessman (born 1954). Discover David Thodey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

Popular As David Ingle Thodey
Occupation Chief Executive Officer
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 14 May 1954
Birthday 14 May
Birthplace Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australia

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1954

David Ingle Thodey (born 14 May 1954 ) is an Australian businessman who is a former chief executive officer of Telstra and current chairman of accounting software company Xero.

He will take over as the chancellor of the University of Sydney in July 2024.

Thodey was born in Perth, Western Australia.

1967

He was educated at Nelson College in New Zealand from 1967 to 1971 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English from Victoria University of Wellington.

Thodey attended the Kellogg School of Management postgraduate general management program at Northwestern University in Chicago.

1999

Thodey held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales within IBM Australia/New Zealand and across IBM Asia Pacific, including holding the position of managing director for Australia between 1999 and 2000.

2001

Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001 as group managing director of Telstra Mobiles.

2002

He was appointed to the position of Group Managing Director Telstra Enterprise and Government in December 2002 and was responsible for the company's corporate, government and large business customers in Australia, TelstraClear in New Zealand and Telstra's International sales division.

2009

He became chief executive officer of Telstra on 19 May 2009, following the departure of American Sol Trujillo from the office.

2015

Thodey retired from his position at Telstra in April 2015.

Thodey was appointed chair of the CSIRO Board, with effect from November 2015.

He has been presented with three honorary doctoral degrees: an Honorary Doctor of Science from Deakin University in 2015 "for distinguished service in the science and technological community", an Honorary Doctorate in Business from the University of Technology Sydney and a Doctor of Business (honoris causa) from the University of Sydney in 2023 "for his contributions to business, telecommunications and public service".

2017

In 2017 Australia Day Honours, Thodey was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "for distinguished service to business, notably to the telecommunications and information technology sectors, to the promotion of ethical leadership and workplace diversity, and to basketball".

2018

In May 2018, the then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced an independent review of the Australian Public Service as a whole, to be chaired by Thodey.

The review is to produce “an ambitious program of transformational reforms to ensure the APS is fit-for-purpose for the coming decades, and to guide and accelerate future reform activities”.

2019

The review was completed in 2019.

It included 40 recommendations.

In its response, the government fully agreed to 15 of the recommendations, agreed in part to 20, noted two and rejected three.

In March 2024, the University of Sydney named Thodey as its new chancellor, effective from July that year.

He will succeed Belinda Hutchinson, who held that position for more than 11 years.

2020

He also became the chairman of Xero in 2020, and Ramsay Health Care.