David Harvey

Originally from Melbourne, David has had an international career in Australia, Japan and the US, having worked in the Japanese finance industry for more than 30 years. Fluent in Japanese, he is currently a director of the Asian Finance Group, specializing in research on Asia and translation of finance and corporate governance documents. He is a past president of the Yarralumla Residents Association and former committee member of the Inner South Canberra Community Council. International board level experience includes President of the Kaisha Society (an association for foreigners working at Japanese companies) in Japan and Trustee on the Board of the Evergreen School, in the greater Seattle area, US.

David has an A.Mus.A (Piano) and is a graduate of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program (Seattle). He was co-founder of the Melbourne-based musical theatre company Spellbound Theatre Productions and also served on the committee of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria. He also holds a Graduate Diploma of Japanese Studies (language and music).