President Commissioner, David Cohen

President Commissioner, David Cohen

David Antony Keith Cohen (David Cohen) is an Australian citizen based in Willoughby, Australia. He was appointed as the President Commissioner through the Extraordinary GMS dated 6 December 2018.

He earned a Master of Law degree at the University of Sydney in 1984. His professional experience began with joining Allen Allen & Hemsley as a Solicitor (1985-1988), and Partners (1990-2003). Then he continued his career with Nagashima & Ohno as Foreign Lawyer (1988-1990) and switched to joining AMP Limited with the position of General Counsel (2003-2008).

Subsequently, he joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia by holding various positions such as the Group general Counsel (2008-2011); Group Executive, Human Resource (2011-2012); Group executive, Group Corporate Affairs (2012-2016); Group Risk Officer (2016-2018); and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (2018) before appointed as the Bank’s President Commissioner.