David M. Morgan is currently Chancellor of Deakin University

Deakin University

Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...

 who took over position on 1 January 2006, following the retirement of his predecessor Dr Richard Searby

Richard Searby

Dr. Richard Henry Searby AO QC is an Australian lawyer, company director and academic.His father was Dr. Henry Searby, a founding member of the Royal Melbourne Hospital at Parkville and his mother, Mary Searby, was a philanthropist involved in community programs for the benefit of underprivileged...

, QC.

Appointed to Deakin University’s Council on 1 January 1999 and served as Deputy Chancellor from 2000 until 2003.

Chair of Deakin University's Finance and Business Affairs Committee.

Chair of the Board of DeakinPrime.

Chairman of the Geelong Economic Development Board and the G21-Geelong Regional Alliance Ltd.

Member of the Board of the Australian Trade Commission.

Member of the Board of the Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing.

Chairman of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council.

Former President of Ford Motor Company of Australia

Ford Australia

Ford Australia is the Australian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford USA...

 and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.

He also holds several senior positions on industry and business councils.

He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School where he was a Prefect in 1954.