David R. Gallagher

Malcolm Broomhead Chair in Finance, The University of Queensland
David R. Gallagher is the inaugural Malcolm Broomhead Chair in Finance at The University of Queensland Buiness School. He is also a participant with the Capital Markets CRC Limited as a Research Director, and is a member of Alleron Investment Management Limited’s Portfolio Risk and Investment Process Committee.

He was the former Chief Executive Officer of the $41 Million Centre of Excellence in International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). CIFR operated from 2011-2016 and was funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia, the New South Wales Government, along with a consortium of six Universities, two research Centres, and four industry sponsors (KPMG, Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Group and King & Wood Mallesons). The Centre also worked closely with Australia's cornerstone financial regulators – Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Commonwealth Treasury.

Prior academic appointments include professorial roles at UNSW Business School, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, UTS Business School, and a visiting appointment at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a visiting scholar at the Investment Company Institute in Washington D.C. in 2007.

Dr Gallagher graduated with a doctorate in Finance from The University of Sydney Business School in 2002, and before this, graduated in 1999 with a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Wollongong. After completing an undergraduate degree in 1996, he embarked on a professional career as a Financial Analyst at Towers Perrin Inc. in Sydney, an actuarial and investment consulting firm (now known as Willis Towers Watson), in their Asset Consulting division.

Professor Gallagher’s research interests and expertise are in the fields of investment management, institutional investors, superannuation and capital markets. His research has been widely cited in various forms. His research papers have been heavily downloaded from the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN), and his research rank is within the top 0.5% of authors on SSRN.

David has also been recognised by the Australian Research Council as a scholar of international standing. He has been an Editor of Accounting and Finance since 2011, and an Editor of Abacus since 2018. He has published several opinion pieces in a variety of financial media and has appeared on television and radio as an expert commentator. He has consulted widely to both industry and Government, and has served as an expert witness on legal matters.