David Shearer

David Shearer is the Director, Corporate. The primary role of the Director, Corporate is to manage the provision of all corporate services to enable ACIAR to efficiently, effectively and successfully meet its corporate objectives and discharge its responsibilities, including government and statutory reporting obligations.

The Corporate branch includes: human resources, financial management, governance & communications, information management, security, infrastructure and information technology services.

David's international development has focussed in Asia and the Pacific, with activities to develop more competitive smallholder based value chains and enabling access to higher value markets. In 2010 he was awarded the Australian Davos Connection Australian Leadership Award, which recognises commitment to promoting the national dialogue through leadership, advocacy and innovation. David has a Masters from Monash University’s Graduate School of Business and a Masters in plant physiology. His undergraduate degree was completed at the University of Sydney. He has published in international journals, industry journals and for government agencies and presented at international, national and local conferences and workshops.