David Malone has held senior executive positions in the health sector for over 20 years, spanning the not-for-profit, private, and government sectors.

Prior to joining the Skin Health Institute, David held a number of executive roles in the Victorian Department of Health. David was Director, Covid Pathology Operations and Improvement; responsible for establishing relationships with private pathology companies and scaling COVID testing capacity across public laboratories. While in the department, he also led teams responsible for developing the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

Previously, David held CEO roles at the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), Healthway (the West Australian Health Promotion Agency), and the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA). While CEO of the APA, David led the organisation through a business recovery from the brink of insolvency, increasing net assets seven-fold. He was awarded a Centenary Medal by the Australian Government in 2003 for his work at the APA.

David has also worked as an advisor to the World Health Organisation and previously chaired the International Network of Health Promotion Foundations, whose secretariat is headquartered at Thai Health. He is currently a Board member of Ballarat Community Health.