David Leckie

David Leckie
Born	14 February 1951 (1951-02-14) (age 60) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	C.E.O
Net worth	Previously $425 million
Spouse	Skye Leckie
Children	Harry, Ben

David John Leckie (born 14 February 1951) is the Chief Executive Officer of the Seven Media Group.^[1]

David Leckie was educated at Newington College (1962-1968)^[2] and is an Economics graduate of Macquarie University. Prior to his appointment by Kerry Stokes to Seven, he was associated with the Nine Network for 23 years. Having joined GTV-9 (Melbourne) as a sales executive, he was promoted to National Sales Manager, then Nine Network Sales Director in 1982 at TCN-9 (Sydney). 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 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, battling complications from a recent injury to his finger and has subsequently made a full recovery.^[3]

References

1. ^ Who's Who in Australia (Crown Content Melb, 2007) pp 1224: Leckie, David John (1951 - )
2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 115
3. ^ Hornery, Andrew (2008-04-16). "Seven chief in induced coma". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/seven-chief-in-induced-coma/2008/04/15/1208025147789.html. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 

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Name	Leckie, David John
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Date of birth	14 February 1951
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
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