David Baxby is the former CEO of Global Blue and former Co-CEO of the Virgin Group. He was born on 9 September 1973 in Sydney, Australia. Baxby is currently based in Sydney. As Co-CEO of the Virgin Group, Baxby was responsible for the branded investing activities of the Virgin Group globally. Roles David Baxby was appointed Co-CEO of the Virgin Group alongside Josh Bayliss in 2011. He left that position in April 2014 to assume the role of CEO of Global Blue. He is a Non-Executive Director on the following Boards: Non Executive Director of Virgin Australia (formerly Virgin Blue) since September 2006 Non Executive Director of Virgin Atlantic since March 2007 Non Executive Director of Virgin Holidays since March 2007 Non Executive Director of Virgin America since January 2009 David Baxby was a Non Executive Director of Virgin Active Australia from 2008 until 2011, Air Asia X from 2006 until 2011 and Non Executive Director and then Chairman of Virgin Money from 2004 until 2008. Early career Following graduation, Baxby worked for 12 months as an Analyst for Arthur Andersen in the Corporate Finance Division. In 1996, Baxby transitioned to Rothschild and worked as an investment banker. During his tenure he was responsible for numerous gold royalty agreements, oversaw the IPO of Philex Mining on the Toronto Stock Exchange and was an expert valuer in the telecommunications field. Following his tenure at Rothschild, Baxby moved to Goldman Sachs and spent the next eight years in both the Sydney and London offices as a Partner and executive director. Baxby achieved numerous accomplishments during his time at Goldman Sachs; In 2002, he became the Co-Head of the consumer and industrial industry sectors team in the investment banking unit managing a team of 20 bankers and revenue of $75m per annum He advised Fosters, Promina, ANZ, the Australian Government, Deutsche Bank, Vodafone, Luxottica and Goldman Sachs. In 2003 David Baxby advised the Virgin Group on the IPO and sale of a 50% stake in Virgin Blue. It was through his involvement in this matter that Baxby became acquainted with Richard Branson. In 2004, Richard Branson asked Baxby to come and work for the Virgin Group directly and he joined as CEO of Virgin Management Asia Pacific. In addition to this, he was also appointed as the Global Head of Aviation, based out of Geneva, Sydney and Shanghai. David Baxby, returned to Australia