David started his career at FTI Consulting, he then joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and later worked at No.10 Downing Street and NATO during the Arab Spring. He also spent two years with the United Nations in Kenya and Somalia where he was head of international media, responsible for taking war reporters out to the front line.

David was previously an Associate Partner at Bell Pottinger, working across both listed and private companies on financial, corporate and crisis communications. He covered clients in the FMCG, natural resources, real estate, leisure, financial services and tech sectors.

He has advised on a number of IPOs and M&A transactions and spent two years in New York advising hedge funds, crypto, venture capital and private equity funds.