David Pendarvis has been with ResMed since 2002. He was appointed chief administrative officer and global general counsel in May 2011, and had served as interim president for ResMed’s EMEA and Japan regions from March to August 2017. He joined ResMed as a global general counsel and has been corporate secretary since February 2003, and a senior vice president of organisational development from 2005 to 2011.
Prior to joining ResMed, Mr Pendarvis was a partner in the law firm Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP where he specialised in intellectual property and general business litigation. He was also a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; and a law clerk to Hon J Lawrence Irving, US District Judge, Southern District of California.
Mr Pendarvis holds a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University, a Juris Doctor (JD) cum laude from the University of Texas School of Law, a Master of Science in executive leadership from the University of San Diego, and a Bachelor degree in Political Science and Managerial Studies from Rice University.