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Trust Director, Chair of Governance Committee and member of Audit Committee

David joined the Board of Directors in February 2010.

A Chartered Accountant, David retired in 2001 from the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers after 25 years as a partner in London and Manchester. During his career he had experience of a wide variety of businesses and responsibility for several of the firm’s major clients. He was also a member of the firm’s National Executive Committee for the accounting practice for several years.  Outside the firm while still a partner he was seconded for a period as Group Finance Director of Ferranti plc in the aftermath of that company’s major fraud. He was also Integrated Professor of Financial Management at Salford University.

Since retiring he has been an advisor and non-executive director for several listed and unlisted companies in the UK and SE Asia.