Don Turkington is a company director, member of the New Zealand Government Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce and director of the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney. He is a former board member and chairman of the investment committee of the Accident Compensation Corporation.

Don was executive director of Forsyth Barr and managing director of Cavill White Securities and Morgan Grenfell New Zealand. He is a trustee of The University of Auckland Foundation, Parents Inc and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Foundation.