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David Alexander Crawford AO (17 January 1944 – 5 December 2024) was a prominent Australian non-executive director.

Education

He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and Ormond College at the University of Melbourne where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from Melbourne Law School.

Business Career

His directorships have included:

Crawford served as Council Member and Chairman of the private school Scotch College, Melbourne.

Sport Administration

Crawford headed inquiries for the Australian Government which reviewed the Australian Football League, Football Federation Australia (2003 Report of the Independent Soccer Review Committee) and the Future of Sport in Australia. ((Independent Sport Panel Report (Crawford Report)). He also reported into Cricket Australia.

Crawford was Melvourne Cricket Club Committee Member from 1997 to 2013 and was elected Treasurer in 2001 and Vice President in 2009.

Awards and recognition

In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours Crawford was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to business as a director of public companies, to sport, particularly through the review and restructure of national sporting bodies, and to the community through contributions to arts and educational organisations".

References

  1. News and events Melbourne Law School Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Management Today Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine: Boys for the jobs. Accessed 25 September 2007
  3. Foster's Group chairman quits: News Limited. Accessed 25 September 2007.
  4. BHP Billiton Board
  5. Lendlease Chairman Succession Lendlease 26 June 2018
  6. South32 Chair Succession South32 8 February 2019
  7. Kitney, Damon (12 September 2012). "Chairman of Scotch College quits over workload concerns". The Australian. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Vale David Crawford AO". www.mcc.org.au. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  9. "David Alexander Crawford". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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