Phil de Young


Phil de Young is an Australian teacher who was the former head teacher of both Carey Baptist Grammar School and Trinity Grammar School as well as a financial adviser in Australia.

Education

Phil de Young graduated from school in 1964 where he went to study at Monash University. While there, he joined the Monash University Blues Football Club in which he became its honorary member later in life. De Young completed his Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Education over the 1960s and early 1970s at the university.
De Young also holds a Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the Financial Securities Institute of Australia.

Career

De Young began his career as a planner for the Australian Paper Manufacturers but later became an economics and accounting teacher at Mentone Grammar School in 1975. After this, he accepted a teaching position Wesley College. Over his 18 years there he held various senior leadership positions including the Head of the Senior School at its St Kilda campus. However, in 1994, de Young was appointed the Head of Campus for one of Caulfield Grammar’s campuses until 1998. It was at this point in time where he became the financial services Director of Wilson Dilworth Limited. Despite this change in de Young’s career, Carey Baptist Grammar School appointed him the sixth Principal in 2002 in which he served in that position until March 2010. Since retiring in 2010, de Young returned to the financial sector in a variety of positions that included the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the investment house, Evans and Partners in 2012.
He later became Headmaster of Trinity Grammar following a scandal at the school that required an interim leadership team between 2018 and 2019. De Young remains a sought after adviser for school leadership teams for independent Melbourne schools, and has regularly worked as a consultant for leading executive firm, ANZUK Executive.

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