David Koczkar – Chief Executive Officer, Medibank

David was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2021.

He commenced at Medibank in 2014, holding the roles of Chief Operating Officer from March 2014 and then Group Executive – Chief Customer Officer from September 2016, where he was responsible for the Health Insurance and Diversified portfolios, Live Better and the ahm business. David was also appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer between April 2016 and June 2016.

Prior to joining Medibank, David was the Group Chief Commercial Officer at Jetstar where he was responsible for the airline group’s customer and commercial businesses across its Asia Pacific network, including as a director of Jetstar Pacific (Vietnam), Jetstar Hong Kong and NewStar (Singapore) JV businesses.

David has more than 25 years of leadership experience in customer focussed businesses, including previous work in strategy consulting and finance industries.

David koczkar

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