David Baxby is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n businessman. He is currently the chief executive officer of Virgin Management Asia Pacific in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, a company owned by the Virgin Group

Virgin Group

Virgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...

. At 32 he is the youngest person on the BRW Expatriates under 45 list.

History

Baxby was educated at John Paul College

John Paul College

John Paul College may refer to:* John Paul College , Queensland, Australia* John Paul College , New South Wales, Australia* John Paul College , Western Australia, Australia...

 in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 and at Bond University

Bond University

Bond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the first private university established in Australia...

 on the Gold Coast, graduating in 1991 with Bachelor Degrees in Law and Commerce.

In 1995 he joined Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

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 where he became an advisor to the Virgin Group, and in 2002 became co-head of Goldman Sachs Consumer and Industrials Group where he oversaw the public float of the budget airline Virgin Blue.

In 2004 Baxby was appointed CEO of Virgin Management Asia Pacific. In March 2006, he stepped in as interim Chief Executive of Virgin Money

Virgin Money

Virgin Money is a UK-based financial services company owned by the Virgin Group and founded by Sir Richard Branson in March 1995. It was originally known as Virgin Direct, and pioneered index tracking by launching a value Personal Equity Plan into the market. In the 2000s Virgin Money expanded its...

 when the then managing Director Rohan Gamble Stood down.

Baxby has recently relocated to Shanghai to oversee Virgin's operations in China, with some commentators suggesting that Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....

 now regards Baxby more highly than former Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey.