Bringing Ambition to Life

David Baxby

LLB/BCom (BOND)

1991 Commenced Bachelor of Laws / Commerce – the flexibility of the Bond program allowed him to choose subjects most relevant to his chosen career path
1993 Completed a double degree in three years; offered a choice of positions by world-class companies.
1994 Recruited by Arthur Andersen (Australia) to work in their Corporate Finance division.
1995 Joined Goldman Sachs, working in Sydney and London, and acting as an advisor for the Virgin Group.
2002 Appointed co-head of Goldman Sach’s Consumer and Industrials group in Australia and took responsibility for the public float of Virgin Blue.
2004 Appointed CEO of Virgin Management Asia Pacific, reporting directly to Sir Richard Branson and managing the group’s investments in Virgin Blue, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Money, Virgin Atlantic, V2, Virgin Mega stores and Virgin Radio, as well as serving as a non-executive director of Virgin Blue Airlines.