David Lowy

David H Lowy AM
Born	December 31, 1954
Nationality	Australian
Education	Bachelor of Commerce, University of New South Wales
Parent(s)	Frank Lowy AC Shirley Lowy OAM

David Hillel Lowy (born 31 December 1954) is an Australian businessman, aviator and musician. He is the eldest son of Westfield Corporation co-founder Frank Lowy and CEO of LFG, the Family Office and private investment group of the Lowy family.^[1] He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.

Business career

Prior to the founding of LFG, David Lowy worked for the Westfield Group from 1977 to 2000 in positions including Executive Director (1981 to 1987) and Managing Director (1987 to 2000). Lowy continued to serve Westfield as non-executive Deputy Chairman until his retirement from the Westfield Board in 2011.^[2] In 2000, he led the establishment of the Lowy family’s private investment entity, Lowy Family Group (LFG) and as Chief Executive Officer continues to manage its international investment operations. LFG has offices in Sydney and New York. David is also a Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. ^[3]

Aviation

Lowy is the President and Founder of Temora Aviation Museum.^[4] In 2003, Lowy was named a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to aviation, particularly the preservation and promotion of Australia’s aviation history through the establishment of the Temora Aviation Museum.^[5] In 2006 he received the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators’ Australian Bicentennial Award,^[6] which recognises outstanding individuation contribution to Australian aviation.

Lowy is a former Australian Aerobatic Champion (Unlimited Division, 1998)^[7] and was selected to represent Australia at the World Aerobatic Championships in Trencin, Slovakia in 1998;^[8] however he was unable to attend due to business commitments.^[9] Lowy regularly performs at airshows flying a WWII Spitfire as well as Vietnam War-era A37B Dragonfly ground attack jet. Lowy also holds an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATP) and pilots a Gulfstream 550 business jet.^[10]

Music

Lowy is a guitarist and songwriter and has played with Doc Neeson’s Angels (2003-2005) ^[11] and written and recorded with the bands Red Phoenix (2005) and Mink (2006-2008).^[12]

Most recently Lowy is the co-founder of the band The Dead Daisies.^[13] They released their self-titled debut album in August 2013 and the band’s second album Revolución was released in July 2015. As of March 2016 the band are currently in the studio recording a new album due to be released in September 2016.

Current Dead Daisies members include John Corabi (Motley Crue / Union ), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy / Whitesnake), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake / Billy Idol) and Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake / Dio)

References

1. "David becomes Goliath". Sydney Morning Herald
2. "Westfield Corp". Corporate.westfield.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
3. "Lowy Institute for International Policy". Retrieved 2016-05-25.
4. "Temora Aviation Museum :: David Lowy AM :: Temora Aviation Museum Aviation". Aviationmuseum.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
5. "It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours". Itsanhonour.gov.au. 2003-06-09. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
7. "ACRO E-mail Archive Thread: [IAC] 1998 AUSTRALIAN AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS". Acro.aerobaticsweb.org. 1998-02-03. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
8. Wrobel, Sharon. "Lowy family looks to repeat Australian success in Israel - Business - Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
9. "ACRO E-mail Archive Thread: [IAC] Australian view of WAC". Acro.aerobaticsweb.org. 1998-08-21. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
10. "The Spitfire spirit in David Lowy". The Australian. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
11. "Lowy plays rock'n'roll - Music". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
12. "Mink | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
13. "The Dead Daisies". Thedeaddaisies.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.