David John Leckie is the Chief Executive Officer

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 of the Seven Media Group.

David Leckie was educated at Newington College

Newington College

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 (1962-1968) and is an Economics

Economics

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 graduate of Macquarie University

Macquarie University

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. Prior to his appointment by Kerry Stokes

Kerry Stokes

Kerry Matthew Stokes AC is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting...

 to Seven, he was associated with the Nine Network

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 for 23 years. Having joined GTV-9

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 (Melbourne

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) as a sales executive, he was promoted to National Sales Manager, then Nine Network Sales Director in 1982 at TCN-9

TCN-9

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 (Sydney

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). In August 1990 he became Managing Director of the Nine Network and in 1994 was appointed Chief Executive Officer. In 2001 he was appointed a Trustee

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 of the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust.

On the 15 April 2008 it was revealed that Leckie had been placed in an induced coma

Induced coma

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, battling complications from a recent injury to his finger and has subsequently made a full recovery.