Professor David Shilbury is the Director of the Deakin Sport Network, the Foundation Chair of Sport Management, a former Head of the School of Management and Marketing (2002-2007) and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Business and Law at Deakin University. Dr Shilbury was appointed as Australia’s first Professor of Sport Management in 2000 having commenced at Deakin in 1990. He has previously worked for the WA Golf Association, the City of Stirling and the Australian Cricket Board/WA Cricket Association. Academic qualifications include a Ph.D. from Monash University (1995) and a Master of Science in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst (1989). He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course (2013) and has won multiple awards for his work in advancing sport management through his scholarship, teaching and service.
Professor Shilbury is a former Editor of the Journal of Sport Management and Sport Management Review. He was a member of the Australian Football League Tribunal from 1992-2003, a board member of the Confederation of Australian Sport in 2005 and a Trustee to the Bowater Trust from 2002-2007. He was the Foundation President of the Sport Management Association of Australia & New Zealand (SMAANZ) from 1995 to 2001 and a Director of Peninsula Leisure from 2013-18. He is currently a non-executive director of Golf Victoria. His research expertise is in sport governance, strategy and sport delivery systems.
Professor Shilbury has in excess of 100 publications including 12 books, 1 edited conference proceeding, 16 book chapters, 74 refereed publications, 17 technical reports and 12 non-refereed publications.