{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Donald Hector | honorific_suffix = AM | image = Donald Hector.jpg | caption = | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Newington College<br />University of Sydney | occupation = Company Director | website = }}

'''Donald Hector''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AM}} is an Australian chemical engineer and company director. He has been managing director of ASX-listed and privately owned companies. He has a degree in chemical engineering and a PhD in engineering from the University of Sydney.

He has served on the boards of ASX-listed and privately owned companies and Newington College, and on advisory councils at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and various professional and business organisations. From 2012, he served four years as President of the Royal Society of New South Wales, the oldest learned institution in the Southern Hemisphere, previously having been editor of its peer-reviewed journal.<ref>[http://theconversation.com/in-conversation-with-donald-hector-full-transcript-26294 Peter Doherty in Conversation with Donald Hector 12 May 2014] Retrieved 30 July 2014.</ref><ref>[http://royalsoc.org.au/news/news_2013.php Royal Society News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720103223/http://royalsoc.org.au/news/news_2013.php |date=2014-07-20 }} Retrieved 30 July 2014.</ref>

==Honours== * 2017: Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to science in the field of chemical engineering, and to business.<ref>[https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fbb92af69-ccad-4a9d-abf2-195b30e01b0c%2F0089;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Date%3A13%2F2%2F2017;rec=0;resCount=Default Hansard] 13 February 2017.</ref>

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