David is the former Group Chief Executive of the Places for People Group, one of the largest housing, placemaking, property management and development companies in the UK. David has over 40 years’ experience of housing, urban regeneration, mixed-tenure and mixed-use development, property management and financial management, and of leading strategic change in large and small organisations.

David is an experienced Chief Executive, Chair, Advisor and Non-Executive Director who is one of the most influential figures in the housing industry.  

David is a Fellow of the Institute of Housing, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors and has an MBA from Birmingham University. He is also an Academician of The Academy of Urbanism and a Policy Fellow at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.