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CEO

David Arnold

Since 2003 David has been the CEO of RAPAD and the Rural Financial Counselling Service North Queensland.  He is also a director of RESQ+.

David is the Deputy Chairman of the Central West Hospital and Health Service (CWHHS), chair of its executive committee and member of the audit & risk committee, since its inception in 2012, and member of its finance committee since 2016.  Since 2011 he has held two periods as a committee member for Regional Development Australia.

David has considerable experience in senior management and company directorship, gained over the past two decades through his current CEO position and his other governance responsibilities. As a volunteer, David has been President (7yrs), Vice President and remains a member of the Longreach Home and Community Care entity, which delivers care to the frail, aged elderly and disabled.

David has undertaken multiple governance training programs through the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mt.Eliza Business School.

Educational qualifications include;

  • Swinburne University of Technology: Post Grad Cert, Science – Strategic Foresight
  • University of Southern Qld: Bachelor of Business
  • University of Qld: Associate Diploma of Applied Science

Outside his professional life he competes in Ironman Triathlons at an international standard.