President, ICA

David Fricker, CdoAL, GAICD

David was appointed President of the ICA in October 2014, and will complete his second term in September 2022. Since 2015 he has been a Vice-Chair of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Advisory Committee.
He held the office of Director-General of the National Archives of Australia for ten years, from January 2012. In this role, his focus was the whole-of-government transition to ‘digital continuity’ in records and information management; expansion of preservation capability for paper, audio-visual and digital records; acceleration of the declassification of sensitive archival documents; and the exploitation of emerging technology to enhance the public’s access to archival resources. As the principal policy-maker for Federal government records and information management practices, David has been an outspoken and influential champion of public administration based on transparency, integrity and accountability.
He is a professional member of the Australian Society of Archivists, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2015 he was made Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the Republic of France.