Airservices is a government-owned corporation providing safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible services to the aviation industry. We manage air traffic operations for around 75 million passengers on more than three million flights every year.

David Burden

Photo of David BurdenDavid Burden
BSc (Mathematics) Bristol University, FRAeS

Mr Burden was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2009 and his current term expires on 31 May 2012.

Mr Burden took a First in Special Honours Mathematics from the University of Bristol (UK). He worked in Operations Research consulting in the United Kingdom, France and Canada for a subsidiary of Paribas.

After 10 years in technology venture capital, he served as a senior advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister’s National Advisory Board on Science and Technology. Subsequently, he was the Chief Information Officer of Air Canada in Montreal.

In 1994 he joined Qantas Airways Limited as Group Executive General Manager of Technology and Services, with responsibility for information technology, purchasing, property and fuel services.

In 2002 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Royal Mail Group Plc, the UK postal service, as an Executive Director with responsibility for IT, postal automation, engineering services and procurement. He retired from the Royal Mail in 2007.