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Meet David Lock
David Lock, Chancellor of Curtin University and agribusiness leader, shares a career shaped by intellectual curiosity, a willingness to back himself, and a deep appreciation for the people who work the land. Drawing on a career path that has taken him from Sydney, to Birmingham, Canada and ultimately Perth, David reflects on how each chapter has sharpened his instinct for building something meaningful rather than simply managing what already exists.
Across a career spanning accounting, agribusiness and public markets, David unpacks the journey that brought him to Western Australia as CEO of Craig Mostyn Group and the strategic clarity that made Perth the only logical home for the business. He traces the arc from Craig Mostyn through to Mareterram’s ambitious but curtailed public listing, and shares what he has learned navigating the very different demands of private, cooperative and listed structures.
David’s perspective is grounded in integrity, family and the long view. Whether guiding farmers through bank foreclosures in the early 1990s, building CBH’s export grain capability, or now chairing the council of one of Australia’s largest universities, he measures success not by title or tenure but by what gets built, the relationships that endure, and whether he was decent to people along the way.
