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'''David Ingle Thodey''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|sep=,|AO}} (born 14 May 1954<ref name="SMH 2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/dial-t-for-thodey-20101015-16nk0.html |title=Dial T for Thodey |date=16 October 2010 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |accessdate=30 March 2014 | first=Colin | last=Kruger}}</ref>) is an [[Australian]] businessman who was the former Chief Executive Officer of [[Telstra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Telstra wants fresh start |page=9 |work=[[The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)|The Weekend Advertiser]] |date=9 May 2009 |accessdate=9 May 2009 }}</ref>


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'''David Ingle Thodey''' (born 14 May 1954<ref name="SMH 2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/dial-t-for-thodey-20101015-16nk0.html |title=Dial T for Thodey |date=16 October 2010 |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=30 March 2014 | first=Colin | last=Kruger}}</ref>) is an Australian businessman who is a former chief executive officer of [[Telstra]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Telstra wants fresh start |page=9 |work=[[The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)|The Weekend Advertiser]] |date=9 May 2009 }}</ref> and current chairman of accounting software company [[Xero (company)|Xero]]. He became [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Sydney]] in July 2024.<ref name="SU_chancellor">{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Daniella |title=Sydney Uni rings in changes with ex-telco boss as chancellor |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 March 2024 |page=5}}</ref>
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Thodey was born in [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]].<ref>[http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25567356-15306,00.html?referrer=email&source=AIT_email_nl Sol's successor changes the ring tone] - AustralianIT, 30 May 2009</ref> He was educated at [[Nelson College]] in New Zealand from 1967 to 1971<ref name="NCOB register">''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition</ref> 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.<ref name="SMH 2010"/>


==Early life and education==
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Thodey held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales within [[IBM]]<ref>{{cite web|title=David Thodey |publisher=Australian Institute of Company Directors |url=http://www.companydirectors.com.au/About/Speakers/T/David+Thodey.htm |accessdate=2009-05-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511003611/http://www.companydirectors.com.au:80/About/Speakers/T/David+Thodey.htm |archivedate=2009-05-11 |df= }}</ref> Australia/New Zealand and across IBM Asia Pacific, including holding the position of managing director for Australia between 1999 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/telstra-ceo-who-is-david-thodey-1339296357/|title=Telestra CEO: Who is David Thodey?|publisher=ZDNet|accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref>
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Thodey was born in [[Perth, Western Australia]].<ref>[http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25567356-15306,00.html?referrer=email&source=AIT_email_nl Sol's successor changes the ring tone] - AustralianIT, 30 May 2009</ref> He was educated at [[Nelson College]] in New Zealand from 1967 to 1971<ref name="NCOB register">''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition</ref> 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.<ref name="SMH 2010"/>


==Career==
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Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001 as Group Managing Director of Telstra Mobiles. 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. He became Chief Executive Officer of Telstra on 19 May 2009, following the departure of American [[Solomon Trujillo|Sol Trujillo]] from the office. Thodey retired from his position at Telstra in April 2015.
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Thodey held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales within [[IBM]]<ref>{{cite web |title=David Thodey |publisher=Australian Institute of Company Directors |url=http://www.companydirectors.com.au/About/Speakers/T/David+Thodey.htm |access-date=2009-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511003611/http://www.companydirectors.com.au/About/Speakers/T/David+Thodey.htm |archive-date=11 May 2009 }}</ref> Australia/New Zealand and across IBM Asia Pacific, including holding the position of managing director for Australia between 1999 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/telstra-ceo-who-is-david-thodey/|title=Telstra CEO: Who is David Thodey?|publisher=ZDNet|access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref>


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Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001 as group managing director of Telstra Mobiles. 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. He became chief executive officer of Telstra on 19 May 2009, following the departure of American [[Solomon Trujillo|Sol Trujillo]] from the office. Thodey retired from his position at Telstra in April 2015.
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Thodey was appointed Chair of the [[CSIRO]] Board, with effect from November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.afr.com/business/former-telstra-chief-executive-thodey-appointed-csiro-chairman-20150806-gisxei |title=Former Telstra chief executive Thodey appointed CSIRO chairman |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=6 August 2015 |access-date= |author= }}</ref> In 2017 Thodey was appointed an [[Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Australia]] 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.<ref name=AO>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/AO%20Final%20Media%20Notes.pdf |title=Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia |work=Australia Day 2017 Honours List |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia]] |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017 }}</ref>

Thodey was appointed chair of the [[CSIRO]] Board, with effect from November 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.afr.com/business/former-telstra-chief-executive-thodey-appointed-csiro-chairman-20150806-gisxei |title=Former Telstra chief executive Thodey appointed CSIRO chairman |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=6 August 2015 }}</ref> He also became the chairman of [[Xero (company)|Xero]] in 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=Thodey to chair Xero |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/david-thodey-to-chair-xero/news-story/7fc78b8e56e0081c00b8cce41d22b50b |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=The Australian |date=13 December 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and [[Ramsay Health Care]].<ref name="SU_chancellor"/>

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”.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.themandarin.com.au/92221-malcolm-turnbull-launches-aps-review-by-david-thodey/ |title=APS under review: David Thodey asked to pick up where Nugget Coombs left off |work=[[The Mandarin (website)|The Mandarin]] |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=20 March 2019 |author=Stephen Easton}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Shannon |title=Thodey report: capability reviews coming, ASL cap scrap rejected |url=https://www.themandarin.com.au/122903-prime-minister-responds-to-awaited-thodey-review/ |access-date=8 August 2020 |work=The Mandarin |date=13 December 2019}}</ref>

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.<ref name="SU_chancellor"/>

==Recognition==
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In [[2017 Australia Day Honours]], Thodey was appointed an [[Order of Australia|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".<ref name=AO>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/AO%20Final%20Media%20Notes.pdf |title=Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia |work=Australia Day 2017 Honours List |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia]] |date=26 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125025437/http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/AO%20Final%20Media%20Notes.pdf |archive-date=25 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He has been presented with three [[Honorary degree|honorary doctoral degrees]]:<ref name="SU_chancellor"/> an Honorary Doctor of Science from [[Deakin University]] in 2015 "for distinguished service in the science and technological community",<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary awards |url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/why-deakin/honorary-awards |website=www.deakin.edu.au |access-date=11 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Couros |first1=Faye |title=David Thodey awarded Doctor of Business by the University of Sydney |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/05/22/david-thodey-awarded-doctor-of-business.html |publisher=The University of Sydney |access-date=11 March 2024 |language=en-AU |date=22 May 2023}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/company-overview/executives-directors/#david-thodey David Thodey CEO profile - Telstra Executives and Directors]
* [http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/company-overview/executives-directors/#david-thodey David Thodey CEO profile - Telstra Executives and Directors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705040031/http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/company-overview/executives-directors/#david-thodey |date=5 July 2010 }}
* [https://www.xero.com/au/about/team/ Xero Board of Directors] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311065809/https://www.xero.com/au/about/team/ |date=11 March 2024 }}

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Latest revision as of 01:27, 16 December 2024

David Thodey
AO FTSE
Thodey in February 2012
19th Chancellor of the University of Sydney
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)
Preceded byBelinda Hutchinson
Chairman of the CSIRO
In office
15 October 2015 – 14 October 2021
Preceded bySimon McKeon
Succeeded byKathryn Fagg
Chief Executive of Telstra
In office
15 May 2009 – April 2015
Preceded bySolomon Trujillo
Succeeded byAndy Penn
Personal details
Born
David Ingle Thodey

(1954-05-14) 14 May 1954 (age 70)
Perth, Western Australia
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Northwestern University

David Ingle Thodey (born 14 May 1954[1]) is an Australian businessman who is a former chief executive officer of Telstra[2] and current chairman of accounting software company Xero. He became chancellor of the University of Sydney in July 2024.[3]

Early life and education

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Thodey was born in Perth, Western Australia.[4] He was educated at Nelson College in New Zealand from 1967 to 1971[5] 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.[1]

Career

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Thodey held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales within IBM[6] Australia/New Zealand and across IBM Asia Pacific, including holding the position of managing director for Australia between 1999 and 2000.[7]

Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001 as group managing director of Telstra Mobiles. 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. He became chief executive officer of Telstra on 19 May 2009, following the departure of American Sol Trujillo from the office. Thodey retired from his position at Telstra in April 2015.

Thodey was appointed chair of the CSIRO Board, with effect from November 2015.[8] He also became the chairman of Xero in 2020,[9] and Ramsay Health Care.[3]

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”.[10] 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.[11]

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.[3]

Recognition

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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".[12]

He has been presented with three honorary doctoral degrees:[3] an Honorary Doctor of Science from Deakin University in 2015 "for distinguished service in the science and technological community",[13] 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".[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kruger, Colin (16 October 2010). "Dial T for Thodey". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Telstra wants fresh start". The Weekend Advertiser. 9 May 2009. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b c d White, Daniella (11 March 2024). "Sydney Uni rings in changes with ex-telco boss as chancellor". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 5.
  4. ^ Sol's successor changes the ring tone - AustralianIT, 30 May 2009
  5. ^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
  6. ^ "David Thodey". Australian Institute of Company Directors. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Telstra CEO: Who is David Thodey?". ZDNet. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Former Telstra chief executive Thodey appointed CSIRO chairman". Australian Financial Review. 6 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Thodey to chair Xero". The Australian. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ Stephen Easton (4 May 2018). "APS under review: David Thodey asked to pick up where Nugget Coombs left off". The Mandarin. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. ^ Jenkins, Shannon (13 December 2019). "Thodey report: capability reviews coming, ASL cap scrap rejected". The Mandarin. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). Australia Day 2017 Honours List. Governor-General of Australia. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Honorary awards". www.deakin.edu.au. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  14. ^ Couros, Faye (22 May 2023). "David Thodey awarded Doctor of Business by the University of Sydney". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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