Competent, experienced and pragmatic consultant, adviser and trainer specialising in governance and organisation dynamics for corporates, funds, MSMEs, credit unions, non-profits, charities, family businesses | non-executive chairman and director | certified investment fund director | board effectiveness reviewer and adviser | group company secretary | senior banking executive | financial analyst.David is a Partner with Board Excellence, a specialist international board consultancy and advisory practice headquartered in Ireland, supporting and empowering boards and directors excel in effectiveness, performance and corporate governance best practices. Board Excellence supports companies and organisations across all sectors and of all sizes in Ireland, the UK, continental Europe, the Middle-East, South-East Asia and Africa. He is an experienced board chair, director and senior executive with leadership experience across a diverse range of business, governance and stakeholder-facing activities developed during a long career in the financial services sector. He is Independent Non-Executive Chair of Experian Ireland Limited, and is PCF-3 and PCF-2B approved by the Central Bank of Ireland. He is a member of the Irish Wheelchair Association Board Nomination and Governance Committee.David is an experienced board and governance professional having been Group Company Secretary of an international financial services company, listed and regulated in a number of jurisdictions, a role in which he was a valued adviser to Chairs, CEOs, Directors and Executives on promoting and sustaining the robustness and efficacy of governance and board arrangements and practices. He has been Chair and Director of a number of pension schemes and a Director of a range of company Boards.Internationally, David supports KfW, the German State Development Bank, DEG, FMO, CDC/BII, the German, Dutch and UK Development Finance Institutions, and Members of EDFI, the Association of European DFIs, training directors nominated to investee companies in developing and emerging economies on corporate governance, fund governance and board and director effectiveness, and advising nominee directors and DFI portfolio teams in real time on governance and board-related challenges. He has also worked locally with DFI portfolio companies in the Middle-East, South-East Asia and Africa.David is a Certified Investment Fund Director (CIFD), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and Licentiate of the Institute of Banking in Ireland (LIB).
Listed skills include Banking, Finance, Risk Management, Financial Services, and 13 others.