David John Leckie AM (4 May 1951 – 20 July 2021) was an Australian media manager, best known as a network television executive.
In August 1990 he became successor of Sam Chisholm as managing director of the Nine Network, which was then owned by Alan Bond.
[9] Leckie focused on news and sports and under his leadership the network spent all but six weeks atop the television ratings for the next decade.
Although it struggled during his first several months at the helm – culminating with a 13-year low in audience share in 2004 – the network's fortunes rebounded after it agreed an output deal with the Walt Disney Company.
A key part of Leckie's success was differentiating the network from Nine, appealing instead to a more casual, suburban audience.
They met while she was public relations chief at David Jones Limited, and they remained married until his death.
[3][13] After his death, Leckie was posthumously appointed Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the broadcast media through executive roles".